Principles of Manual Medicine.The author of this elucidating text designed it to support the educational series in manual medicine offered by Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. . The book is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise on this topic. It is intended to provide practitioners with the principles of manual medicine involved in developing and using procedures to benefit patients. Section 1 reviews principles and concepts of manual medicine and includes chapters on structural diagnosis; concepts of vertebral ver·te·bral adj. 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a vertebra. 2. Having or consisting of vertebrae. 3. Having a spinal column. motion; principles of muscle-energy technique; principles of high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust, n.pr a direct method of osteopathic treatment that employs careful patient positioning in concert with the practitioner's short, quick thrusts (high velocity) applied over short distances (low amplitude) across areas technique; principles of myofascial release myofascial release (mīˈ·ō·fāˑ·shē· technique and principles of craniosacral cra·ni·o·sa·cral adj. 1. Associated with both the cranium and the sacrum. 2. Relating to the parasympathetic nervous system. craniosacral pertaining to the skull and sacrum. technique. Section 2 details manual techniques for the spine, rib cage, pelvic girdle, and extremities. Technique procedures are described thoroughly in outline form and are illustrated copiously. This is an excellent book. It is well organized and clearly written. Although a bibliography is provided, the text is not referenced. The author certainly has achieved his goal to provide a substantive basis from which manual medicine can evolve to a higher level as a discipline. I am pleased to recommend this text both to the novice and to the experienced manual therapist. |
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