Acupuncture in Manual Therapy - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0443067821 ISBN 13 : 9780443067822

Editeur : Churchill Livingstone, 2010

Synopsis

Acupuncture in Manual Therapy is a comprehensive overview of manual therapy interventions combined with acupuncture management of musculoskeletal disorders covering all major joints of the body. The book is intended to offer physiotherapists and students of acupuncture a clinical reasoning model, whilst supporting suggested interventions with the relevant evidence base in order to alleviate pain, restore function and facilitate rehabilitation within musculoskeletal management. It places an emphasis on the neurophysiological processes of pain management stressing the importance of using the correct intervention for the relevant presenting pain mechanism. Each chapter discusses suggested manual intervention, acupuncture evidence and physiological processes underpinning this combined approach to musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction including meridian acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, electroacupuncture, tens and trigger point acupuncture as a means of addressing the varying pain patterns presented within musculoskeletal rehabilitation.

This book provides knowledge from distinctive and prominent contributors from the world of manual therapy and acupuncture whilst this expertise is further supported by the provision of student case studies to offer support and enhance learning.

• Twelve chapters addressing each major joint of the musculoskeletal system
• Over 100 images
• A clinical reasoning model for manual therapy and acupuncture intervention
• Relevant case studies that support the student undertaking acupuncture training

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Acupuncture in Manual Therapy is a comprehensive overview of manual therapy interventions combined with acupuncture management of musculoskeletal disorders covering all major joints of the body. The book is intended to offer physiotherapists and students of acupuncture a clinical reasoning model, whilst supporting suggested interventions with the relevant evidence base in order to alleviate pain, restore function and facilitate rehabilitation within musculoskeletal management. It places an emphasis on the neurophysiological processes of pain management stressing the importance of using the correct intervention for the relevant presenting pain mechanism. Each chapter discusses suggested manual intervention, acupuncture evidence and physiological processes underpinning this combined approach to musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction including meridian acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, electroacupuncture, tens and trigger point acupuncture as a means of addressing the varying pain patterns presented within musculoskeletal rehabilitation.

This book provides knowledge from distinctive and prominent contributors from the world of manual therapy and acupuncture whilst this expertise is further supported by the provision of student case studies to offer support and enhance learning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Churchill Livingstone
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0443067821
• ISBN 13: 9780443067822
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Longbottom MSc MMEd FCSP MBAcC Jennie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: LSWR Group; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; Italie