Chiropractic and osteopathy

With the help of this book you can:* Learn how to prevent osteoporosis* Improve your chances of increasing your bone strength and health if you suffer from osteoporosis* Discover how to get the best out of othodox medicine* Educate yourself about the fundamental importance of diet and lifestyle, with seven Food Factors and eight Lifestyle Factors, aimed at improving your bone health, appearance and outlook.

This book provides potential students of a chiropractic career path, as well as other health care practitioners, with vital information regarding the training required to enter the chiropractic field and the roles of chiropractors in modern health care.

Most books on backache emphasize medication or surgery as cures.

The healing arts involve a complex range of skills which each practitioner draws together in a unique way.

The Bowen technique resets and repairs the body, restoring balance to relieve pain and improve energy.

Designed for Pilates and yoga teachers, health and rehabilitation professionals, 'The Power and the Grace' demystifies functional movement and integrates the science of movement with the art of teaching it.

This evidence-based text relates clinical chiropractic management to pediatrics, with coverage of the key aspects of syndromes most commonly seen by chiropractors working with children.

In 35 chapters written by the editors and a team of internationally renowned contributors, the book covers the underlying principles of osteopathic palpation from a biodynamic and 'morphodynamic' perspective, and their application in the cranial field and the spinal cord.

The Fascial Distortion Model (FDM) was introduced by the American physician Stephen Typaldos (1957-2006).

Dr Martin's book provides a theoretical framework and specific progressive exercises in the Pilates environment in their work with those individuals who have asymmetries of the spine, ribcage and pelvis associated with conditions such as scoliosis.

This is a comprehensive reference textbook for all those using osteopathic treatment techniques with animals or birds or studying to do so.

Managing the Spino-Pelvic-Hip Complex is based on the author's extensive clinical experience of assessing and treating athletes at all levels.

Fascia has become the new buzzword in the field of rehabilitation and movement re-education.

Medical Engineering: Projections for Health Care Delivery focuses on the biomedical engineering techniques and technology in the health care delivery system.

The first book showing how, in easily followed steps, you can treat your own back pain.

- The book's small, portable size makes it ideal for reference in any practice setting.

Myofascial Induction(TM) - An anatomical approach to the treatment of fascial dysfunction describes the properties of the fascial network and provides therapeutic solutions for different types of fascial dysfunction.

Energetic Kinesiology is an emerging field internationally in the Complementary Health Sciences, gaining more and more scientific support and recognition.

Yoga is a comprehensive mind-body practice that is particularly effective for self-regulation, mood management, fostering resilience, and promotion of wellbeing.

Fascia in Sport and Movement, Second edition is a multi-author book with contributions from 51 leading teachers and practitioners across the entire spectrum of bodywork and movement professions.

Kopfschmerzen können lähmen, Migräne attackiert das Leben – doch es gibt Wege, den Schmerz zu verstehen und die Kontrolle zurückzugewinnen!

Candidates can prepare with confidence for postgraduate exams in sports and exercise medicine (SEM) with this revision guide.

The Alexander Technique Workbook is a step-by-step guide that has sold over 100,000 copies.

Specific operative and nonoperative techniques and their results are stressed.

This is a brand new edition of a successful book which was one of the first to encourage movement therapists and bodyworkers to look at the postural causes of movement problems, rather than focusing treatment just on the physical symptoms.

Too many of us hold our physical, mental and emotional pain within our bodies, where it slows energy, manifests as tension and can have a damaging impact upon our health.

Proceedings of the Seventh New England (Northeast) Bioengineering Conference

Why can't we tickle ourselves?

Musculoskeletal medicine is now recognised as a distinct branch of medicine, incorporating the sub-specialities of manual medicine, orthopaedic medicine, and the neuromusculoskeletal component of osteopathic medicine.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a technique that delivers mild electrical currents across the intact surface of the skin to reduce pain.

This successful and acclaimed guide has now been fully updated and expanded in its second edition.

Numerous studies have made the 'placebo effect' the most-studied healing phenomenon known to mankind.

Develop your knowledge of chiropractic and osteopathy with this comprehensive guide to advanced skills and peripheral manipulation techniques.

Instrument-Assisted Myofascial Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications provides a complete overview of this effective therapy (IAMT) based on the authors' own clinical experience of using instruments to treat myofascial lesions.

Back pain is extremely common - about eight in 10 people in the UK are affected at some time in their lives.

Osteopathy, and Bowen therapy in particular, emphasises the importance of making therapeutic pauses during treatments.

Medical Advance, Public Health and Social Evolution is an attempt to relate medical progress to the intellectual climate of the various broad periods of history, and to the social changes which took place in those periods and which influenced-and were influenced by-medical progress.

The book focuses on the practical application of articulation and mobilisation techniques with clear explanations and visual support of the techniques.

Statistical Methods in Laboratory Medicine focuses on the application of statistics in laboratory medicine.

The book brings together a range of examination and assessment techniques which are otherwise only found in a variety of different places.

The book discusses theories and physiology relevant to the manual treatment of chronic pain, especially as it regards the soft tissues of the upper body.

The art of osteopathy has always been based on a body of anatomical and physiological theory and data but it has recently been expanded in exciting ways involving contemporary thinking in physics and biology that tell us more about disease causation and tissue function.

Designed to be a go-to reference for assessment and treatment planning in the clinic, this is a clear and concise handbook for students and practitioners of dry needling, or medical acupuncture.

Proceedings of the Fifth New England Bioengineering Conference

Written by world experts, this books follows upon the monumental success of the first edition of The Parathyroids, which was universally acclaimed as the best text on the subject.

Osteoarthritis afflicts about 25 million people in the United States--two-thirds of all people over 65--and the numbers will only grow in the coming years as baby boomers age.

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