Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques: The Lower Body, Volume 2, 1e [Hardcover]

Leon Chaitow (Author), Judith Walker Delany (Author), David G. Simons (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443062846 | ISBN-13: 978-0443062841 | Publication Date: October 9, 2002 | Edition: 1

This resource discusses the theories and physiology relevant to manual treatment of chronic pain, with a regional approach to treatment that focuses specifically on the soft tissues of the lower body. Step-by-step protocols that address each muscle of a region show how to approach specific problems. A structural review of each region, including ligaments and functional anatomy, adds value for new students and practitioners alike.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I received Vol 2 Friday (Sept 20), skimmed it immediately and started reading straight through Sat. What a wealth of information, definitely worth the wait. Thanks so much for your work; excellent program and great books."NMT PRACTITIONER
indeed this is - a large format hardback of almost 600 pages, referenced to the hilt and superbly illustrated with a mixture of line drawings and photographs, and broken up with boxes and charts. It is actually almost too much to take in."CAM October 2002

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.

Judith DeLany LMT has spent over two decades developing neuromuscular therapy techniques and course curricula for manual practitioners as well as for massage schools and other educational venues. Her ongoing private trainings with the Tampa Bay Rays athletic trainers (professional baseball) as well as customized trainings for noteworthy US-based spas show incorporation of NMT into diverse settings. She has contributed a chapter to Chaitow's Modern Neuromusular Techniques and Stillerman's Modalities for Massage and Bodywork and co-authored contributions to Coughlin's Principles and Practices of Manual Therapeutics and Micozzi's Fundamentals of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. As an international instructor of NMT American versionT, co-author of three NMT textbooks, and associate editor for Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, her professional focus aims to advance education in all healthcare professions to include myofascial therapies for acute and chronic pain syndromes. Judith DeLany resides in St. Petersburg, Florida where she is the director of and primary curriculum developer for NMT Center.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (October 9, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443062846
• ISBN-13: 978-0443062841
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #944,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff, August 18, 2007

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This review is from: Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques: The Lower Body, Volume 2, 1e (Hardcover)

Book is of very high quality with relevent interseting information. It's easy to read from a students perspectivem, a practitioner's perspective or even a outsider's perspective. Great Diagrams included, a very useful book. I do recommend it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars worth a buy if you do not mind typos, December 10, 2002

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This review is from: Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques: The Lower Body, Volume 2, 1e (Hardcover)

Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques is an alternative to Travell's Trigger Point Manual if you do not do TP injections. It has great pictures, well explained treatment techniques (if you are up to date with your anatomy and medical terms) and lots of references. The disadvantage are typos (the editor must have had a bad day and was unable to write the German words for the references right, but also some English words are off!) Parts of the text are repeated in the book twice, what I thought is unnecessary and only adds to the number of pages but not the quality of content.