Product Description

During professional training all manual therapists, from osteopaths and chiropracters to manual physical therapists, massage therapists and aromatherapists, learn their professional techniques and skills in depth, but to date there has been little attempt to present the 'fundamentals' of manual therapy and thereby to support practice with research-based theory. "Fundamentals of Manual Therapy" addresses this need by examining the physiological effect of therapeutic manipulation and touch on the human body. It presents the physiological, neurophysiological and psychological basis of manual techniques, giving the therapist the background and theory needed to support practice, and helping therapists to provide safer and more effective treatment. Written by Eyal Lederman, a leading osteopath, the text examines tissue physiology, neurology and psychosomatic changes in response to manipulative techniques. It draws on the teachings and texts of physiology, neurophysiology, psychology and biomechanics, as well as manual techniques and other manual disciplines. It is relevant to all manual therapists, helping both students and practitioners to understand why and how their techniques work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #773440 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages

From the Author
Reviews of the book
I would like to use this opportunity to let the readers know what the reviewers have written about my book:

"This is an important and well-constructed book, extremely well illustrated (by the author) which all manual therapists should read: it could change their way of working." Leon Chaitow, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, April 1998.

"This is an important book. It is well researched and examines and challenges beliefs concerning the mechanisms behind manual therapy. Furthermore, the layout of the book provides clear subject headings, original diagrams, section introductions and summaries." Gary Fryer, Australasian Osteopathic Medicine Review, March 1998.

"I cannot recommend this book too strongly for the student and for the graduate professional or practitioner as an excellent source of theoretical and practical information for manual therapy." Leith Brown, Therapy Weekly, October 1998.

"The profession needs texts of this kind, based on more than opinion and experience alone, to broaden our knowledge and challenge current assumption. The author says in the preface that writing this book has changed the way he works. We think it may have changed ours already." Dr. Clemente Del Palacio-Gil & Steve Vogel, The Osteopath, July 1999.