Cranial Osteopathic Biomechanics, Pathomechanics and Diagnostics for Practitioners - Hardcover

Gehin, Alain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080451144 ISBN 13: 9780080451145

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2007

Synopsis

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The author’s numerous years of experience provide the back bone for this indispensable illustrated introduction to osteopathic manipulations of the skull. The aim of this book is to give the practitioner or the student of osteopathy the basic knowledge of biomechanics and cranial pathomechanics. These two subjects are at the heart of all diagnosis and provide the practitioner with the choice of techniques they will use.

• High quality line drawings• Page by page layout of artwork and accompanying text • Describes in a systematic way each cranial bone • Covers in detail the biomechanics of motion of each cranial bone • Provides a manual diagnostic test for each manipulation • Describes effects of pathological change on the cranial sutures

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Review

"Will reward those who are willing to spend the necessary time it takes to understand it."

Russell Stolzoff, Certified Advanced Rolfer, Rolf Movement Practitioner

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080451144
• ISBN 13: 9780080451145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 212