Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics (Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine,)

Part of the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series, this comprehensive resource offers brief, yet thorough coverage of alternative and complementary hands-on therapies, including Chiropractic, Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and massage. Focusing on manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common disorders, it addresses both Eastern and Western approaches to the discipline. Ideal for comparing and contrasting the various forms of manual therapeutics, it describes the basic philosophy and theories of the different methods, as well as the techniques themselves. It also provides an overview of the principal manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationale behind them, and practice algorithms.Provides comprehensive coverage of the full array of manual techniques, with applications to common & uncommon disordersOrganized by therapy for easy access to informationIncludes popular therapies such as Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and MassageCoverage spans both Eastern and Western schools of thoughtContributors represent the highest levels of each discipline and are recognized experts in the fieldFormat is uniform for each chapter, which includes a history of the system, technique or method; basic principles and language; the specific techniques performed by practitioners; the educational background of practitioners; and applicable basic and clinical researchAppendix provides contacts, resources, and references for each therapeutic modality, allowing the reader to engage in further investigationServes as a vocabulary/lexicon of manual therapies.A volume in the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series Principles and Practice of Manual Therapeutics provides comprehensive coverage of the full array of manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common diseases and/or syndromes. As a volume in a series of books concerning complementary and alternative medicine, Principles and Practices of Manual Therapeutics deals exclusively with the most commonly used forms of manual therapeutics. The book is an overview of the principal manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationales, and practice algorithms, with contacts and resources for further study. The techniques utilized in more traditional Western therapies (e.g., physiatry, physical therapy), while using many of the principles of "complementary" therapies, will not be included in this volume due to their conventional nature. The overall goal of the book is to give the reader brief, yet thorough, coverage of alternative and complementary hands-on therapies. (Product Description) Provides a coverage of manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common diseases and/or syndromes. This book deals with the commonly used forms of manual therapeutics. It is an overview of the manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationales, and practice algorithms with contacts and resources.