Overview
This is a basic textbook on the philosophy and use of manipulation in general medical practice. The first section introduces manipulation and the basic and physiological and anatomical foundations for manipulation. The second section shows in detail how to use clinical manipulation in regions of the head, neck, thorax, upper extremity, torso, lower extremity, and fascia, and self-help manipulative treatments. Over 250 exceptionally fine drawings of anatomy and treatment procedures illustrate all key anatomical features and manipulation techniques.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
This is a basic textbook on the philosophy and use of manipulation in general medical practice. The first section introduces manipulation and the basic and physiological and anatomical foundations for manipulation. The second section shows in detail how to use clinical manipulation in regions of the head, neck, thorax, upper extremity, torso, lower extremity, and fascia, and self-help manipulative treatments. Over 250 exceptionally fine drawings of anatomy and treatment procedures illustrate all key anatomical features and manipulation techniques.
Dana J. Lawrence
This book is devoted to presenting a how-to approach to osteopathic manipulative techniques. It starts by providing some general information concerning osteopathic lesions, palpation, and structural analysis and general concepts of manipulation. It devotes the greater amount of pages to a region by region discussion of technique, with each chapter organized to begin with anatomy before presenting the specific techniques. There are numerous illustrations to demonstrate those techniques. It is intended to provide a general approach to osteopathic manipulative technique, in a sort of return to the roots of the osteopathic profession, and to fill in the gap created by a lack of osteopathic books discussing manipulation. The book is primarily for osteopathic physicians and students; the secondary audience will be other practitioners of manual medicine, mainly chiropractors. Numerous illustrations are in each chapter and help to better demonstrate the techniques under discussion. The only references are contained in a short bibliography. This book seems to work best as a teaching manual. It will therefore be useful in the classroom setting or manipulation laboratory, where it might be used alongside a lecture that will help fill in gaps created by the text's failure to include references. It does do a thorough job of presenting a wide variety of osteopathic techniques, but it fails to discuss techniques from other professions such as chiropractic. The illustrations, although numerous, are of relatively poor quality. This is not an essential text, but will certainly find use.
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Reviewer: Dana J Lawrence, DC, MMedEd, MA(Palmer College of Chiropractic)Description: This book is devoted to presenting a how-to approach to osteopathic manipulative techniques. It starts by providing some general information concerning osteopathic lesions, palpation, and structural analysis and general concepts of manipulation. It devotes the greater amount of pages to a region by region discussion of technique, with each chapter organized to begin with anatomy before presenting the specific techniques. There are numerous illustrations to demonstrate those techniques.
Purpose: It is intended to provide a general approach to osteopathic manipulative technique, in a sort of "return to the roots" of the osteopathic profession, and to fill in the gap created by a lack of osteopathic books discussing manipulation.
Audience: The book is primarily for osteopathic physicians and students; the secondary audience will be other practitioners of manual medicine, mainly chiropractors.
Features: Numerous illustrations are in each chapter and help to better demonstrate the techniques under discussion. The only references are contained in a short bibliography.
Assessment: This book seems to work best as a teaching manual. It will therefore be useful in the classroom setting or manipulation laboratory, where it might be used alongside a lecture that will help fill in gaps created by the text's failure to include references. It does do a thorough job of presenting a wide variety of osteopathic techniques, but it fails to discuss techniques from other professions such as chiropractic. The illustrations, although numerous, are of relatively poor quality. This is not an essential text, but will certainly find use.
Dana J. Lawrence
This book is devoted to presenting a how-to approach to osteopathic manipulative techniques. It starts by providing some general information concerning osteopathic lesions, palpation, and structural analysis and general concepts of manipulation. It devotes the greater amount of pages to a region by region discussion of technique, with each chapter organized to begin with anatomy before presenting the specific techniques. There are numerous illustrations to demonstrate those techniques. It is intended to provide a general approach to osteopathic manipulative technique, in a sort of return to the roots of the osteopathic profession, and to fill in the gap created by a lack of osteopathic books discussing manipulation. The book is primarily for osteopathic physicians and students; the secondary audience will be other practitioners of manual medicine, mainly chiropractors. Numerous illustrations are in each chapter and help to better demonstrate the techniques under discussion. The only references are contained in a short bibliography. This book seems to work best as a teaching manual. It will therefore be useful in the classroom setting or manipulation laboratory, where it might be used alongside a lecture that will help fill in gaps created by the text's failure to include references. It does do a thorough job of presenting a wide variety of osteopathic techniques, but it fails to discuss techniques from other professions such as chiropractic. The illustrations, although numerous, are of relatively poor quality. This is not an essential text, but will certainly find use.Booknews
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