BookJochen Schomacher, PhD, PT-OMT, DPT, MCMK, Physical Therapist, Küsnacht, Switzerland.
Summary: "Orthopedic Manual Therapy presents a systematic, step-by-step guide to manual therapy for disorders of the extremities and spine. Readers will find detailed examination and treatment techniques, the newest scientific and clinical advances, and updates on pain physiology, biomechanics, neurodynamics, and the biopsychosocial model of disease as the foundation for manual therapy"--Publisher's website.
Contents:
The history and definition of orthopedic manual therapy
Manual therapy in the context of the biopsychosocial model
Manual therapy and joint mechanics
The manual therapy system
Overview of orthopedic manual therapy
Aspects of movement testing
Therapeutic model of manual therapy
The effects of manual therapy
The six categories of treatment
Key aspects in the treatment of the joints
Research
Indications and contraindications to treatment of the joints using translatoric
Movements
Notes on the practical section
Extremity joints.