Main description:

This is a comprehensive textbook covering all methods of spontaneous release by positioning. The background theory is explained and the techniques described in detail. The descriptions of the techniques are supplemented in the text by clear 2-colour line drawings and photographs and the DVD-ROM provides additional explanation through the use of video demonstrations with narrative by the author.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Spontaneous positional release Chapter 2 The evolution of dysfunction Chapter 3 The clinical use of strain/counterstrain techniques Chapter 4 Advanced SCS and functional approaches Chapter 5 Muscular pain: trigger points, fibromyalgia and positional release Chapter 6 Functional technique Chapter 7 Facilitated positional release (FPR) Chapter 8 Sacro-occipital technique use of padded wedges for diagnosis and treatment, Robert Cooperstein Chapter 9 Overview of the McKenzie Method, Anthony J. Lisi Chapter 10 The Mulligan concept: NAGs, SNAGs, MWMs, Ed Wilson, Dan G. Pilderwasser, Palmiro Torrieri Jr, and Marcelo Viana Marques Ferreira Chapter 11 Unloading and proprioceptive taping, Dylan Morrissey Chapter 12 Application of positional techniques in the treatment of animals, J. Brooks and A. G. Pusey