Massage and Remedial Exercises : In Medical and Surgical Conditions

Massage and Remedial Exercises: In Medical and Surgical Conditions describes the principles of certain forms of massage and remedial exercises for specific medical and surgical condition. This book is composed of 23 chapters. Considerable chapters are devoted to treatment of fractures, along with suggestions of approximate dates on which to begin the movements. Other chapters cover the treatment options for central nervous system, motor and sensory neurons, and muscle diseases. Different forms of deformities and constitutional, heart, blood, respiratory organ, abdominal, and pelvic diseases are considered in the last chapters. This book is directed primarily toward medical gymnasts. Content: Front Matter , Page i Copyright , Page ii Dedication , Page iii PREFACE , Pages v-vii CHAPTER I - FRACTURES: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS , Pages 1-8 CHAPTER II - FRACTURES OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY , Pages 9-28 CHAPTER III - FRACTURES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY , Pages 29-45 CHAPTER IV - DISLOCATIONS , Pages 46-61 CHAPTER V - SPRAINS: MUSCLE INJURIES: WOUNDS AND SCARS , Pages 62-69 CHAPTER VI - TREATMENT OF THE AFTER-EFFECTS OF INJURY: STIFF JOINTS , Pages 70-85 CHAPTER VII - DISEASES OF JOINTS, SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES, AND BONES , Pages 86-103 CHAPTER VIII - DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS , Pages 104-113 CHAPTER IX - DISEASES OF THE MOTOR NEURONS , Pages 114-133 CHAPTER X - DISEASES OF THE SENSORY NEURONS , Pages 134-142 CHAPTER XI - OTHER DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD , Pages 143-157 CHAPTER XII - LESIONS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES , Pages 158-178 CHAPTER XIII - NEURITIS AND NEURALGIA. CRAMP , Pages 179-192 CHAPTER XIV - FUNCTIONAL NERVOUS DISEASES , Pages 193-204 CHAPTER XV - DISEASES OF MUSCLE , Pages 205-209 CHAPTER XVI - DEFORMITIES OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES , Pages 210-252 CHAPTER XVII - DEFORMITIES OF THE SPINE , Pages 253-282 CHAPTER XVIII - CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES , Pages 283-302 CHAPTER XIX - DISEASES OF THE HEART , Pages 303-322 CHAPTER XX - DISEASES OF BLOOD AND LYMPH-VESSELS , Pages 323-334 CHAPTER XXI - BLOOD DISEASES , Pages 335-341 CHAPTER XXII - DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS , Pages 342-372 CHAPTER XXIII - ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC CONDITIONS , Pages 373-413 INDEX , Pages 414-429 THE INDEX SERIES , Page ibc1 THE SYNOPSIS SERIES , Pages ibc2-ibc3