cover image - Positional Release Techniques, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702051111
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 09-22-2015
Page Count: 272
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $75.95

Positional Release Techniques, 4th Edition

by Leon Chaitow, ND, DO (UK)

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cover image - Positional Release Techniques, 4th Edition
ISBN: 9780702051111
Copyright: 2016
Publication Date: 09-22-2015
Page Count: 272
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $75.95
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    • Emphasises safety and usefulness in both acute and chronic settings
    • Comprehensive coverage of all methods of spontaneous release by positioning
    • Easy to follow and extensively illustrated
    • Balanced synopsis of concepts and clinical-approach models throughout
    • Revised content structure
    • New chapters including:
      • Strain/counterstrain research
      • Positional release and fascia
      • Balanced ligamentous tension techniques
      • Visceral positional release: the counterstrain model
    • Redrawn and new artwork
  • Contributors
    Foreword
    Preface to the third edition
    Preface
    Acknowledgements
    Abbreviations

    1. Spontaneous release by positioning

    2. Somatic dysfunction and positional release

    3. Strain/counterstrain research
    Christopher Kevin Wong

    4. Counterstrain models of positional release

    5. Functional and facilitated positional release approaches, including cranial methods

    6. Positional release methods in special situations

    7. Positional release and fascia

    8. Balanced ligamentous tension techniques
    Raymond J. Hruby

    9. Visceral positional release: the counterstrain model
    Edward Goering

    10. Overview of the McKenzie method
    Anthony J. Lisi

    11. ‘Offloading’ taping to reduce pain and facilitate movement
    Dylan Morrissey

    12. Application of positional techniques in the treatment of animals
    J. Brooks and A. G. Pusey

  • Leon Chaitow, ND, DO (UK), Registered Osteopath and Naturopath; Honorary Fellow and Former Senior Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, UK; Fellow, British Naturopathic Association.; Fellow, College of Osteopaths, UK
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