Maintaining body balance, flexibility, and stability : a practical guide to the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction /

With a focus on helping clients participate in the self-management of their own treatment, this collection of effective and safe techniques and exercises provides practical information on relaxing muscles in spasm and easing associated muscular pain. Reader-friendly and accessible, it provides numer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chaitow, Leon
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004.
Subjects:	Musculoskeletal system > Diseases > Exercise therapy. Pain > Treatment. Myalgia > Exercise therapy. Musculoskeletal system > Wounds and injuries > Prevention. Musculoskeletal Diseases > prevention & control Exercise Therapy Appareil locomoteur > Maladies > Thérapeutique par l'exercice. Appareil locomoteur > Lésions et blessures > Prévention. Douleur > Traitement. Musculoskeletal system > Wounds and injuries > Prevention Pain > Treatment Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Instructing patients in self-help techniques
Explaining the different forms of muscle energy technique
Explanations and summaries of MET methods
Muscles: types and tests
Muscle energy techniques in action
Explaining trigger points and their importance
Self-mobilisation methods
Strain and counterstrain techniques.
1. The different forms of muscle energy technique
2. Testing for shortness in muscles
3. Muscle energy techniques: treatment and self-treatment methods
4. Trigger points and their importance in pain control
5. Self-mobilization methods
6. Strength plus endurance equals stability
7. Balance, agility and breathing
8. Introducing positional release technique and strain and counterstrain.