Therapeutic Stretching - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Eyal Lederman, DO, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780702065675

Publication Date: 10-20-2014

Page Count: 314

Imprint: Churchill Livingstone

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Key Features
- NEW! Nora AI - an AI-powered learning assistant exclusive to Elsevier ebooks on VitalSource's Bookshelf® platform - offers built-in AI learning support that provides personalized answers based on content from the Elsevier ebook
- Helps transform thinking about the therapeutic value of stretching and how it is best applied in the clinical setting
- Examines the difference between therapeutic and recreational stretching
- Focuses on the use of stretching in conditions where individuals experience a loss in range of movement (ROM)
- Explores what makes stretching effective, identifying behaviour as a main driving force for adaptive changes
- Discusses the experience of pain, sensitization and pain tolerance in relation to stretching and ROM recovery
- Contains over 150 photographs and 45 minutes of video describing this new revolutionary approach
- Applicable to a variety of perspectives including osteopathy, chiropractic, physical therapy, sports and personal trainers
- Ideal for experienced practitioners as well as those taking undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Contents

1. Introduction to therapeutic and functional stretching
2. Functional and dysfunctional ROM
3. Causes of ROM loss and therapeutic potential of rehabilitation
4. Adaptation in ROM loss and recovery
5. Specificity in ROM rehabilitation
6. The overloading condition for recovery
7. Exposure and scheduling the ROM challenge
8. Rehabilitating the active ROM: neuromuscular rehabilitation
9. Pain management and ROM-desensitization
10. Stretch tolerance model
11. Psychological and behavioral considerations in ROM rehabilitation
12. Towards a functional approach
13. Demonstration of functional approach in ROM rehabilitation
14. Summary
Authors

Eyal Lederman, DO, PhD, Eyal Lederman, Director, Centre for Professional Development in Osteopathy and Manual Therapy, London, UK; Visiting Professor, University College London (UCL) Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science; and Practising Osteopath
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