Assessment and Treatment Methods for Manual Therapists: The Most Effective and Efficient Treatment Every Time [Team-IRA] [True PDF]

Effectively assessing clients and knowing how to treat them is the cornerstone of manual therapy. This practical and informative book gives clear and detailed information about these two steps. The book provides step-by-step instructions (including Illustrations) for 19 assessment methods and 24 gentle treatment methods, some of which appear in print for the first time. These methods can be combined to give multiple options for treatment, as demonstrated in five practical examples which demonstrate how the practitioner can apply the methods to improve their clients' wellbeing. The author also describes his six-axis model of variance among treatment methods, which will be particularly useful for practitioners who may want to develop additional new treatment methods of their own. Jeff Burch seeks to demystify the complex and often inconsistent terminology found in many manual therapy texts, making this a practical text for readers of all levels. It will be a useful tool for osteopaths, massage therapists, chiropractors, occupational therapists, physical therapists, structural integrators, and all bodyworkers. Assessment and Treatment Methods for Manual Therapists Cover Of related inerest Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Invitation How to Use This Book 1. Foundations Concepts and history 2. Assessment Methods Introduction Assessment algorithm General assessment methods Assessment method 1: general listening Assessment method 2: general lift Assessment method 3: general tap Local assessment methods Assessment method 4: local listening Assessment method 5: local lift Assessment method 6: local tap Assessment method 7: layer awareness Assessment method 8: layer palpation Assessment method 9: layer listening Assessment method 10: manual thermal evaluation Assessment method 11: ultraslow mobility testing Assessment method 12: ruling out false positives on orthopedic tests Assessment methods useful for both general and local assessment Assessment method 13: mobility testing Assessment method 14: yes–no questions (applied kinesiology and a variant) Assessment method 15: developing intuition Assessment method 16: introduction to use of the craniosacral rhythm as an assessment tool Extended assessment methods Assessment method 17: extended listening Assessment method 18: listening from a symptomatic area Assessment method 19: assessment algorithm 3. Treatment Methods Introduction to treatment techniques Treatment methods in which therapeutic engagement is made by the client’s system and unwinding is used Treatment method 1: classic unwinding Treatment method 2: augmented unwinding Treatment method 3: alternate interrupt unwinding Treatment techniques in which tissue engagement is made by the therapist and unwinding is used Treatment method 4: near first barrier stack Treatment method 5: far first barrier stack Treatment method 6: mixed directions of near and far first barrier stack Treatment method 7: stack–restack: a sequence of single release stacks Treatment method 8: walking through the spectrum of barriers Treatment method 9: stack and borrow Treatment method 10: standing adaptation of the sacro-occipital technique (SOT) type 4 correction: an application of the stack and borrow technique Treatment method 11: scrubbing the walls Treatment method 12: pendulum wall scrubbing Techniques in which therapeutic engagement is made by the therapist and unwinding is not used Treatment method 13: recoil Treatment method 14: accordion technique, also known as alternating decompression Treatment method 15: centralizing (Hoover) technique Treatment method 16: induction of a bodily rhythm Treatment method 17: reconstructed A. T. Still technique Treatment method 18: listen and follow Treatment method 19: load and tap Techniques in which therapeutic engagement is made by the therapist and unwinding may or may not occur Treatment method 20: first barrier stretch Treatment method 21: first barrier shear Treatment method 22: middle barrier technique Treatment method 23: flossing Treatment method 24: circle flossing Leverage principles that may be used with many techniques 4. Five In-Depth Treatment Protocols 5. Appendices Appendix 1: Recommended reading Appendix 2: How this book came to be: a biographical appendix Appendix 3: Mechanical force types Appendix 4: Space between the stars About the Author