Product Description

Authored by an acknowledged expert on muscle and movement imbalances, this well illustrated book presents a classification system of mechanical pain syndromes that is designed to direct the exercise prescription and the correction of faulty movement patterns. The diagnostic categories, associated muscle and movement imbalances, recommendations for treatment, examination, exercise principles, specific corrective exercises, and modification of functionalactivities for case management are described in detail. This book is designed to give practitioners an organized and structured method of analyzing the mechanical cause of movement impairment syndrome, the contributing factors and a strategy for management.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66171 in Books
• Published on: 2001-09-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

Customer Reviews

Tap into a lifetimes knowledge of movement dysfunction
This book is a must read for every one who deals with musculoskeletal dysfunction, especially those who treat symptoms because they do not know the underlying cause. Of course not everything can be put down to movement impairment but a read of this book will put you in the mindset of considering the "whole" picture, and make you feel guilty for sending patients away after six sessions of electrotherapy.
Shirley Sahrmann should be commended for this refreshing text with my only complaint that she didnt do it a long time ago. If she did maybe physiotherapy would be a more respected profession.

simply essential for any personal trainer
Along with kendall this book is an essential read for any personal trainer worth their salt..it gives clear and consie information on upper and lower extremity dysfunction and provides excellent in depth analysis of muscle length tests to help determine imbalance.
A must have book!

This book represents a hinge in history !
The quantative examination of the movement system has been thoroughly delineated within this text. Punctuated with pictures and clear case studies, this book has become essential reading for those individuals charged with the responsibility of treating musculoskeletal aches and pains. Primary care physicians, Orthopaedic staff, neurology students and of course physical therapists will gain fom the examination and diagnostic methods contained within. When bacteria, trauma, genetics and pseudoscience provide no clues is it really so difficult to think that movement and posture could be CAUSING the pain syndrome? To paraphrase Sahrmann, when you hear hoofbeats - think horses not zebras! Aches and pains have a physical cause - do you have the skills to manage them? This book will clarify the content you need without surreal clinical reasoning concepts from the Southern Hemisphere ;-)