Ligamentous Articular Strain: Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques for the Body [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Conrad A. Speece (Author), William Thomas Crow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2001 | ISBN-10: 0939616319 | ISBN-13: 978-0939616312 | Edition: 1

The osteopathic profession has developed many treatment modalities and approaches to manipulation. Ligamentous articular strain is the name given by William G. Sutherland, D.O., the founder of cranial osteopathy, to a group of techniques that he used for treating the body outside the core axis of the craniosacral system. The term has since come to refer to a wide variety of techniques that engage the body's own healing mechanisms in a relatively direct manner.

For over thirty years the Dallas Osteopathic Study Group, originally under the tutelage of Rollin Becker, D.O., has been exploring this type of manipulation. Ligamentous Articular Strain is the distillation of their work. The introductory chapters address the historical development of this approach, and review some of its scientific underpinnings. The remaining chapters are devoted to an examination of the body, area by area, from the feet to the shoulders, describing and depicting effective manipulative techniques.

Ligamentous Articular Strain provides clear instructions and vivid illustrations which will enable the trained practitioner to quickly gain proficiency in these techniques. It also presents a cogent approach to working with the concepts of the key lesion and the bowstring, first developed by Rollin Becker.

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About the Author

Conrad A. Speece, D.O., is a graduate of the Kansas City College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is board certified in Family Practice. He has lectured on ligamentous articular strain techniques and other aspects of osteopathy throughout the United States and Europe. In addition to his private practice, where he helps train students and residents from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, he serves as Chairman of the Dallas Osteopathic Study Group, an organization dedicated to refining and expanding the osteopathic approach to treating the human body. Dr. Speece is also an inventor who, among other things, developed and patented the BackMaster® Lumbar and Thoracic OMT Devices.

William Thomas Crow, D.O., is a graduate of the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, and is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Special Proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. At present, he serves as a visiting clinician for the American Academy of Osteopathy, and is an associate professor in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Steven L. Simmons, D.O., is a graduate of the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is presently a family practice resident in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Simmons has written and illustrated Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine-Review for the Boards.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Eastland Pr; 1 edition (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0939616319
• ISBN-13: 978-0939616312
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,071,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great tool!, July 28, 2007

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Srdjan Kutanoski "Silverdrop" (Belgrade Serbia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ligamentous Articular Strain: Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques for the Body (Paperback)

I'm very delighted to have bouth this book since it's showed and explained me alot.I had only basic courses in myofascial release but this actually is a gem,true gem.It also gives you a tools for diagnosing lesions wich are(diagnostics)so often are excluded in courses and books that i could find and it actually takes pratitioner to look at the human body as a whole and not just the sum of parts!

I hope there will be more book's like this one.

I'm absolutely satisfied and definitely inspired!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for osteopaths, August 25, 2009

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Osteopath Melbourne (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ligamentous Articular Strain: Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques for the Body: Revised Edition (Paperback)

Speece and Co have done a great service by putting this book together. Instead of just techniques, the osteopathic approach to how to use them and common sypmtoms make the book easy to pick up and use in practise. The diagrams are excellent and easy to follow.

All areas of the body are covered (except for cranial) and a great section on treatment order and treatment of the diaphragms.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars L A S Compendium, September 11, 2009

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Michael Wolf (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ligamentous Articular Strain: Osteopathic Manipulative Techniques for the Body: Revised Edition (Paperback)

A welcome and well-detailed compendium of Sutherland's and Becker's work on somatic dysfunction. The functional approach put in Sutherland's terms. Good step by step technique descriptions with photos. A basic palpatory understanding of tissue balance must be assumed for the techniques to be of value, but a book can only bring the description, not the art. Highly recommended.