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Assessment and Diagnosis Through Touch
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Second Edition
By
Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, Registered Osteopath and Naturopath, Honorary Fellow, School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, UK
Description
This useful guide to palpation for musculoskeletal diagnosis and assessment describes and illustrates the skills needed to increase sophistication
of palpatory assessment skills and practice. A companion CD-ROM supports the skills with video clips, and each technique is reinforced
with practical exercises and self-assessment questions.
Audience
Students for all manual therapy and physical therapy professions. Practitioners on advanced courses or wanting to improve their clinical skills.
Contents
Foreword. Preface. Dedication. Glossary.
1: Using appropriate pressure (and the MPI).
2: Structure and function: are they inseparable?
Palpatory accuracy - mirage or reality?
3: Visual assessment and the dominant eye. Fundamentals of palpation.
4: The morphology
of reflex and acupuncture points. Palpating and assessing the skin.
5: Is it a muscle or a joint problem? Palpating for changes
in muscle structure.
6: Red, white and black reaction. Palpation of subtle movements (including circulation of the CSF, energy, and
'has tissue a memory?).
7: Assessing dural restriction - Assessment of 'abnormal mechanical tension' in the nervous system.
8:
Source of pain - is it reflex or local? Introduction to functional palpation.
9: Joint play, 'end-feel', range of motion: what are
they? Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis).
10: Percussion palpation - Visceral palpation and breathing
function assessment.
11: Palpating the traditional Chinese pulses - Palpation without touch.
12: About hyperventilation - Palpation
and emotional states.
Appendix. Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: SEP-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07218-5
ISBN-10: 0-443-07218-3
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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