Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques, Volume 1: The Upper Body (Hardcover)

by Leon Chaitow (Author), Judith DeLany (Author)

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Review
"Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques integrates scientific explanation with the artistry of practice into a comprehensive text, which serves as a valuable reference for bodywork practitioners...Chaitow and DeLany have achieved...a major contribution to the field of touch therapy...that will raise the standards of our profession..." Cynthia Myers, Massage Therapy Journal, Fall 2001
you are looking for a book which clearly shows soft tissue techniques then I would recomend it. An ideal book to add to a departmental library" KSJ Knapton, Physical Therapy in Soprt (2002)

Product Description
(Churchill Livingstone) Univ. of Westminster, London, UK. First of two volumes focuses on the management of the soft tissues of the upper body, i.e. the cervical region, cranium, shoulder, arm and hand, and thorax. Highly illustrated and includes step-by-step descriptions for each technique. Two-tone format. For manual therapy students and practitioners.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 469 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (October 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443062706
• ISBN-13: 978-0443062704
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #791,420 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques - Vol. I, January 26, 2001

By	Heidrun von Buschow (Hood River, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This is a really clearly written, concise book, with drawings and pictures of muscle positions, trigger points, etc. I bought the Jane Travell Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction Books before this one came out, and for the money wish I had bought the Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Tech. Book. Unless you are a Physician, who wants to inject the patient's trigger points with a saline solution, and then you better be very exact in your aim with the needle, I think the Clinical Application of Neurom. Tech. Book is a much more practical, useful, hands on, straight forward book that addresses all the trigger points, origins and insertions of the muscles in a very user friendly way. Until this book came out, Jane Travell's was the only great reference guide; but what patient really likes injections? Now this book surpasses Dr. Travells, in that all the material in it is useful and usable. Can't wait for Vol. II, Lower Body, to come out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference, April 10, 2007

By	Thatcher V. Hayward "TVH" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a student of muscular therapy and own this as well as Travell's opus. Both are excellent this has more hands on techniques while Travell uses more of a hands off (cold spray and injection) techniques. I refer to this text often and would recommend it highly.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.