By
Clive Kenna, MBBS, FACP, COMM(Paris), Honorary Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Monash Medical Centre, Victoria, Australia
John Murtagh, AM, MD, MBBS, FRACGP, BSc, BEd, Professor and Head of Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Monash Unversity, Victoria
Description
Back Pain and Spinal Manipulation: a practical guide presents a highly-illustrated, didactic guide to the diagnosis and manipulative treatment
of back pain. Based on a diagnostic approach to back pain the text is extremely practical and includes
how-to-do-it-yourself tips
based on the authors' many years of practical experience. The second edition of this popular text has been extensively revised and updated
to include the developments that have taken place within the field in recent years. New
illustrations have been added, and the format
has been redesigned to produce a text that makes the information more easily accessible. New for the second edition: * manipulation
techniques for the thoracic spine * sacro-iliac disorders and treatment *
muscle stretching techniques * muscle energy techniques
Features includes: key check points, classification of techniques, charts on technique/directness/specificity and do's and don'ts, and
position of the patient/position of the therapist. With an emphasis throughout on practical information that is easy to follow, the
book is essential reading for all practitioners, physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths involved in the diagnosis and treatment
of back pain.
