Palpation and assessment in manual therapy : learning the art and refining your skills [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Objective: palpatory literacy / Leon Chaitow -- Palpation reliability and validity / Michael Seffinger -- Using appropriate pressure (and the myofascial pain index) / Leon Chaitow -- Structure and fuction: are they inseperable? / Leon Chaitow -- Fundamentals of palpation / Leon Chaitow -- Visual assessment, the dominant eye, and other issues / Leon Chaitow -- Palpating and assessing the skin / Leon Chaitow -- Source of pain: is it reflex or local? / Leon Chaitow -- The morphology of reflex and acupuncture points / Leon Chaitow -- Is it a muscle or a joint problem? / Leon Chaitow -- Palpating for changes in muscle structure / Leon Chaitow -- Fascial palpation / Thomas W. Myers -- Assessment of "abnormal mechanical tension" in the nervous system / Leon Chaitow -- Red, white and black reaction / Leon Chaitow -- Percussion palpation and treatment / Leon Chaitow -- Joint play/"end-feel"/range of motion: what are they? / Leon Chaitow -- Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis) / Leon Chaitow -- Accurately identifying musculoskeletal dysfunction / Whitney Lowe -- Evalutating movement / Warrick McNeill and Sarah Mottram -- Fibromyalgia palpation assessment / Leon Chaitow -- Palpating for functional "ease" / Leon Chaitow -- About hyperventilation / Leon Chaitow -- Visceral palpation and respiratory function assessment / Leon Chaitow -- Synesthesia / Sasha Chaitow -- Understanding and using intuitive faculties / Sasha Chaitow -- Palpating the traditional Chinese pulses / Leon Chaitow -- Subtle palpation / Leon Chaitow -- Palpation and emotional states / Leon Chaitow.

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