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Positional Release Techniques (Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques) - Softcover

Chaitow ND DO (UK), Leon

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9780443070815: Positional Release Techniques (Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0443070814 ISBN 13: 9780443070815
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2002

Synopsis

Positional Release Techniques, 2nd Edition provides comprehensive coverage of all methods of spontaneous release by positioning. The easy to follow text is extensively illustrated with two-colour line drawings.

  • Compares all major positional release methods: from strain/counterstrain to functional osteopathy, - so an appealing text for all bodyworkers
  • Details step-by-step use of these manual methods - making it clearer to students and practitioners
  • Describes integrated use with other manual methods such as MET (muscle energy techniques)
  • Provides explanations of treatment of both muscle and joint problems
  • Explains how the methods can be used for bedridden patients
  • Emphasises safety and usefulness in both acute and chronic settings.

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    About the Author

    Leon Chaitow ND DO is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books, including a series on Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation (Muscle Energy Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Modern Neuromuscular Techniques) and also Palpation Skills; Cranial

    Manipulation: Theory and Practice; Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioner’s Guide to Treatment, and many more. He is editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.

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    Publisher
    Churchill Livingstone
    Publication date
    2002
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0443070814
    ISBN 13 
    9780443070815
    Binding
    Paperback
    Edition number
    2
    Number of pages
    200
    Rating
    • 4.37 out of 5 stars
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