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Logically organized with comprehensive coverage, this newly revised third edition prepares you to choose the right orthopedic tests, accurately assess any patient, and arrive at a clear diagnosis. Trusted for both its depth of coverage and its accessible, accurate information, it features gamuts, clinical pearls, and cross-reference tables for quick and easy reference. Now in brilliant full color, with all new photos of every test, it’s even more visually appealing, and illustrates common conditions and procedural tests more effectively than ever before.

Gain a better understanding of the top modalities in massage practice with expert insight and a balanced, user-friendly approach! This current, consistently organized resource distills a wealth of information on 21 popular massage modalities into easy-to-read overviews detailing the essential principles behind each therapy. Identify the modalities that best apply to your clients, incorporate key concepts into your practice, and take the first steps toward specialization all with one helpful text!
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Salvo’s Pathology presents more than just a parade of diseases. It takes the reader through health assessment and client consultation, covers sanitation and hygiene, refreshes on physiology pertinent to the pathology and pathophysiology covered in the text, and talks about general contraindications and endangerment sites before moving into the pathologies themselves. More than 300 pathologic conditions are covered in chapters divided by system. An entire chapter on Cancer and another on Mental and Emotional Illness are new additions to this edition.

Anyone planning on a career in the therapeutic sciences requires a unique foundation in the basic sciences of the human body. This new book offers detailed content on the muscles, skeleton, and nervous system, but also provides the necessary information on other systems. Specially written applications with a focus on massage and physical therapy are included. An outstanding illustration program is also integrated to highlight important concepts and special diagrams are presented that point to origin, insertion, and innervation of muscles.

Treat soft tissue injury and pain with this valuable reference’s highly detailed illustrations, in an oversized 12” x 15” flip chart format! Each page includes 6-8 full-color illustrations that show trigger points and referral patterns to aid in treating clients. Plus, specific stretches for each muscle help you treat and educate patients more effectively. With a built-in cardboard stand, this flip chart is ideal for use in practice or in the classroom.
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This book provides comprehensive coverage of the key issues and perspectives in the current practice of physiotherapy, focussing on the issues that are not taught in 'clinical' texts yet that underpin professional practice. The book helps students gain a good understanding of the physiotherapy profession.

"The Myofascial Release Manual" is now available in a new, thoroughly updated, and refined third edition. This improved and expanded book places a greater emphasis on hand placements that is reinforced with over 350 photographs.

Guía imprescindible para el profesional que trata el dolor pélvico y lumbar, ya que relata detalladamente la evolución del dolor de espalda, así como la valoración del mismo y los métodos de tratamiento ideales para la terapia manual, combinando las terapias de fisioterapia, osteopatía, y las fuentes de quiropráctica. - El contenido está planteado en un formato sencillo, de manera muy lógica y, con párrafos cortos y explicativos; además incluye puntos clave, tablas y figuras que estructuran de manera muy didáctica los conceptos.

La columna cervical puede generar muy diversos y complejos cuadros clínicos. En los últimos años, se han llevado a cabo numerosos estudios e investigaciones cuyo objetivo ha sido esclarecer los mecanismos subyacentes al dolor cervical. Este libro, fruto de un largo e intenso trabajo de revisión crítica y exhaustiva de publicaciones científicas, proporciona los datos más recientes y actualizados sobre la anatomía clínica y la biomecánica de la columna cervical. Todos ellos, aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la complejidad clínica de la columna cervical.

La columna cervical puede generar muy diversos y complejos cuadros clínicos. En los últimos años, se han llevado a cabo numerosos estudios e investigaciones cuyo objetivo ha sido esclarecer los mecanismos subyacentes al dolor cervical. Este libro, fruto de un largo e intenso trabajo de revisión crítica y exhaustiva de publicaciones científicas, proporciona los datos más recientes y actualizados sobre la anatomía clínica y la biomecánica de la columna cervical. Todos ellos, aspectos imprescindibles para comprender la complejidad clínica de la columna cervical.