Greenman's Principles Of Manual Medicine

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With a focus on the “how” and “why” of manual medicine techniques, Greenman’s Principles of Manual Medicine, Fifth Edition , gives you the tools you need to improve patients’ neuromusculoskeletal system function. Covering the foundations of manual medicine as well as specific techniques for diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal pain, this popular guide features more than 1,000 photographs that walk you step by step through each technique. Taking you systematically from principles and concepts, through specific techniques and procedures, to clinical correlations, this new edition is thoroughly up to date, and features a clinical focus that prepares you for today’s practice. NEW in the Fifth Edition:A new chapter on clinical correlations of the upper quarter , covering the stabilizing roles of the specialized layers of the thoracolumbar fascia beyond the trunk into the thorax, cervical spine, and cranium.Updated simple and effective diagnostic and sutural treatment approaches for the osseous cranium.Easy to follow, consistent approach to cervical mobilization with impulse techniques.Updated terminology for normal lumbosacral and sacroiliac motion. Cover Title Copyright Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Contents Reviewers PART I PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS 1 Structural Diagnosis and Manipulative Medicine History 2 Principles of Structural Diagnosis 3 Barrier Concepts in Structural Diagnosis 4 The Manipulative Prescription 5 Normal Vertebral Motion 6 Concepts of Vertebral Motion Dysfunction PART II PRINCIPLES OF TECHNIQUE 7 Principles of Soft-Tissue and Other Peripheral Stimulating Techniques 8 Principles of Muscle Energy Technique 9 Mobilization With and Without Impulse Technique 10 Principles of Indirect Technique 11 Principles of Myofascial Release and Integrated Neuromusculoskeletal Technique PART III TECHNIQUE PROCEDURES 12 Cranial Technique 13 Cervical Spine Technique 14 Thoracic Spine Technique 15 Rib Cage Technique 16 Lumbar Spine Technique 17 Pelvic Girdle Dysfunction 18 Upper Extremity Technique 19 Lower Extremity Technique PART IV CLINICAL INTEGRATION AND CORRELATION 20 Common Clinical Problems of the Lower Quarter 21 Common Clinical Problems of the Thorax, Upper Quarter, and Neck 22 Adjunctive Diagnostic Procedures Index