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Abstract
Part of the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series, this comprehensive resource offers brief, yet thorough coverage of alternative and complementary hands-on therapies, including Chiropractic, Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and massage. Focusing on manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common disorders, it addresses both Eastern and Western approaches to the discipline. Ideal for comparing and contrasting the various forms of manual therapeutics, it describes the basic philosophy and theories of the different methods, as well as the techniques themselves. It also provides an overview of the principal manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationale behind them, and practice algorithms.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover\r | Cover | ||
| Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics | iii | ||
| Copyright Page\r | iv | ||
| Table of Contents\r | xxi | ||
| Contributors | v | ||
| Dedication\r | vii | ||
| Foreword | ix | ||
| Series\rIntroduction | xi | ||
| Series Editor’s\rPreface | xiii | ||
| Preface | xv | ||
| Acknowledgments | xix | ||
| PART I:\rEUROPEAN–NORTH AMERICAN MANUAL SYSTEMS | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1.\rOsteopathic Medicine | 3 | ||
| HISTORY | 3 | ||
| OFFSHOOTS OF THEOSTEOPATHIC PROFESSION | 8 | ||
| OSTEOPATHIC PHILOSOPHY | 8 | ||
| CURRENT STATUS | 13 | ||
| EXAMPLES OF DIAGNOSISAND TREATMENT INOSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE | 16 | ||
| WHY IS MANIPULATIONA CRITICAL ASPECT OFOSTEOPATHIC PHILOSOPHY? | 18 | ||
| LEVELS OF IMPLEMENTATIONOF OSTEOPATHICPHILOSOPHY | 18 | ||
| CURRENT STATUS OF THEPROFESSION | 20 | ||
| SUMMARY | 24 | ||
| Chapter 2.\rChiropractic | 26 | ||
| PRECURSORS IN WESTERNTRADITIONS | 27 | ||
| BEGINNINGS OF A NEWPROFESSION | 27 | ||
| INTELLECTUALFOUNDATIONS | 30 | ||
| CORE CHIROPRACTICPRINCIPLES | 31 | ||
| DIVERGENTINTERPRETATIONS:TRADITIONALISTSAND MODERNISTS | 31 | ||
| THEORETIC CONSTRUCTSAND PRACTICALAPPLICATIONS | 32 | ||
| RATIONALE FOR THECHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT:INDICATIONS ANDCONTRAINDICATIONS | 34 | ||
| TYPES OF MANUAL THERAPYUSED BY CHIROPRACTORS | 34 | ||
| CLINICAL SETTINGS ANDMETHODOLOGIES | 36 | ||
| RESEARCH | 38 | ||
| CHIROPRACTIC IN THEHEALTH CARE SYSTEMOF THE FUTURE | 46 | ||
| Chapter 3.\rMassage Therapy: TouchAbilities™ | 50 | ||
| MASSAGE THERAPY | 50 | ||
| BODYVIEWS | 51 | ||
| MODALITIES | 52 | ||
| BREATHING COMPONENT | 54 | ||
| MENTAL COMPONENT | 55 | ||
| ENERGETIC COMPONENT | 58 | ||
| KINETIC COMPONENT | 61 | ||
| OSCILLATION COMPONENT | 63 | ||
| GLIDING COMPONENT | 65 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION | 66 | ||
| Chapter 4.\rModern Neuromuscular Techniques | 69 | ||
| THE ROOTS OF MODERNNEUROMUSCULARTECHNIQUES | 69 | ||
| WHAT IS NEUROMUSCULARTHERAPY? | 70 | ||
| PRACTICINGNEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY | 72 | ||
| USING NEUROMUSCULARTHERAPY PALPATIONTECHNIQUES | 75 | ||
| DIFFERENCES BETWEENAMERICAN AND EUROPEANNEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY | 82 | ||
| A FRAMEWORKFOR ASSESSMENT | 86 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 87 | ||
| Chapter 5.\rCultivating the Vertical: The Rolf Method of Structural Integration | 89 | ||
| HISTORY | 89 | ||
| THE THREE-PARADIGMMODEL OF TREATMENTINTERVENTION | 92 | ||
| NEW DEVELOPMENTSIN ROLFING THEORYAND PRACTICE | 93 | ||
| WHAT TO EXPECT | 97 | ||
| Chapter 6.\rApplied Kinesiology | 100 | ||
| APPLIED KINESIOLOGY LOGOAND PHILOSOPHY | 102 | ||
| TRIAD OF HEALTH | 103 | ||
| FIVE FACTORS OFTREATMENT | 105 | ||
| MUSCLE–ORGAN/GLANDASSOCIATION | 106 | ||
| THERAPY LOCALIZATION | 107 | ||
| INTERPRETING MANUALMUSCLE TESTS | 107 | ||
| INTERNATIONAL COLLEGEOF APPLIED KINESIOLOGY | 108 | ||
| RESEARCH | 108 | ||
| TRAINING | 109 | ||
| Chapter 7.\rThe Trager® Approach | 110 | ||
| HISTORY | 110 | ||
| PRINCIPLES, PHILOSOPHY,AND DIAGNOSIS | 111 | ||
| PRACTICES, TECHNIQUES,AND TREATMENT | 115 | ||
| INDICATIONS ANDCONTRAINDICATIONS | 116 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION | 117 | ||
| RESEARCH | 117 | ||
| Chapter 8.\rFeldenkrais Method | 119 | ||
| HISTORY | 120 | ||
| THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD | 121 | ||
| RATIONALE\r | 122 | ||
| STRATEGIES OF PRACTICE | 126 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION | 133 | ||
| RESEARCH | 134 | ||
| PART II:\rASIAN MANUAL SYSTEMS | 139 | ||
| Chapter 9.\rShiatsu | 141 | ||
| HISTORY | 141 | ||
| PRINCIPLES ANDPHILOSOPHY | 143 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 147 | ||
| PRACTICES, TECHNIQUES,AND TREATMENT | 149 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION | 152 | ||
| RESEARCH | 153 | ||
| Chapter 10.\rAyurvedic Bodywork | 155 | ||
| HISTORY | 155 | ||
| PRINCIPLES ANDPHILOSOPHY | 156 | ||
| AYURVEDIC DIAGNOSIS | 156 | ||
| AYURVEDIC TREATMENT | 157 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATIONIN AYURVEDA | 163 | ||
| Chapter 11.\rQi Gong and Tui Na | 165 | ||
| CHINA’S TRADITIONALMEDICINE | 165 | ||
| HISTORY | 167 | ||
| QI AND THE ESSENTIALSUBSTANCES OF THE BODY | 168 | ||
| CHINESE MASSAGE (TUI NA) | 169 | ||
| QI CULTIVATION | 169 | ||
| QI GONG | 170 | ||
| FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS | 171 | ||
| PART III:\rMANIPULATION OF BIOENERGY | 173 | ||
| Chapter 12.\rReiki: The Usui System of Natural Healing | 175 | ||
| HISTORY | 176 | ||
| PRINCIPLES, PHILOSOPHY,AND DIAGNOSIS | 176 | ||
| PRACTICES, TECHNIQUES,AND TREATMENT | 179 | ||
| FINDING A TEACHER | 182 | ||
| Chapter 13.\rHealing Touch and Therapeutic Touch | 184 | ||
| HISTORY | 185 | ||
| PRINCIPLES, PHILOSOPHY,AND DIAGNOSIS | 186 | ||
| PRACTICES, TECHNIQUES,AND TREATMENT | 189 | ||
| TRAINING ANDCERTIFICATION | 193 | ||
| RESEARCH | 195 | ||
| Appendix: Contacts (Professional Organizations/Referral Services) | 201 | ||
| Index | 217 |