Friday 5 September...will be the slightly delayed publication date for : FASCIAL DYSFUNCTION: Manual Therapy Approaches Editor: Leon Chaitow This book has contribution from world-leaders in research and clinical management of fascial dysfunction - from the UK, USA, South Africa, Australia, Italy, Spain and Germany For an extract of the opening chapter of the book go to: leonchaitow/2014/09/02/1730/ Content list: Section I Fascial Foundations -- Chapter 1 The clinical relevance of the functions of fascia: translating the science by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 2 Fascial dysfunction and disease: causes, effects and possible manual therapy options by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 3 Global postural assessment by Thomas W. Myers -- Chapter 4 Additional global and local assessment approaches by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 5 Removing obstacles to recovery: therapeutic mechanisms and fascia by Leon Chaitow Section II Selected Fascial Modalities -- Chapter 6 The Bowen technique by Michelle Watson and Julian M. Baker -- Chapter 7 Connective tissue manipulation and skin rolling by Elizabeth A. Holey and John Dixon -- Chapter 8 Use it or lose it: recommendations for fascia-oriented training applications in sports and movement therapy by Robert Schleip and Divo Gitta Müller -- Chapter 9 The Fascial Manipulation® method applied to low back pain by Antonio Stecco, Stefano Casadei, Alessandro Pedrelli, Julie Ann Day and Carla Stecco -- Chapter 10 Fascial unwinding by Paolo Tozzi -- Chapter 11 Balanced ligamentous tension technique by Paolo Tozzi -- Chapter 12 Instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization by Warren I. Hammer -- Chapter 13 Muscle energy techniques by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 14 Myofascial induction therapy (MIT®) by Andrzej Pilat -- Chapter 15 Neuromuscular technique (NMT) and associated soft tissue manipulation modalities by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 16 Positional release techniques (including counterstrain) by Leon Chaitow -- Chapter 17 Rolfing® structural integration by Jonathan Martine -- Chapter 18 Management of scars and adhesions by Willem Fourie -- Chapter 19 Massage therapy and fascia by Sandy Fritz -- Chapter 20 Trigger point release methods including dry needling by César Fernández-de-las-Peñas CONTRIBUTORS Julian M. Baker Bowen Technique Practitioner Owner and Principal Instructor The European College of Bowen Studies Frome, UK Stefano Casadei BSc, PT Physiotherapist and Fascial Manipulation Teacher Cesena, Italy Leon Chaitow ND, DO State Registered Osteopath (UK) Honorary Fellow, University of Westminster, UK; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies; Director, Ida P. Rolf Research Foundation (USA); Member Standing Committees: Fascia Research Congress and Fascia Research Society, USA Julie A. Day PT Certified teacher of Fascial Manipulation® (Stecco Method); Secretary of Fascial Manipulation Association Vicenza, Italy John Dixon PhD, BSc (Hons) Reader in Rehabilitation Science, School of Health and Social Care Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK César Fernández-de-las-Peñas PT, DO, PhD, DMSc Head of Department, Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain; Centre for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Willem Fourie PT, MSc Practitioner Roodeport, South Africa Sandy Fritz BS, MS, NCBTMB Founder, Owner, Director, and Head Instructor Health Enrichment Center School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Lapeer, MI, USA Warren I. Hammer DC, MS, DABCO Postgraduate faculty, New York Chiropractic College Seneca Falls, NY; Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, MN, USA Elizabeth A. Holey MA, Grad Dip Phys, MCSP, Dip TP, FHEA Pro Vice-Chancellor, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK Previously Deputy Dean of Health and Social Care and Physiotherapy Subject Leader, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK Jonathan Martine BA, CAR, CMT Certified Advanced Rolfer™ Boulder, CO, USA Divo Gitta Müller HP Continuum movement teacher Somatics Academy GbR Munich, Germany Thomas W. Myers LMT, NCTMB Director: Kinesis LLC, Walpole, Maine, USA Alessandro Pedrelli Doctor of physical therapy, BA Certificate teacher of Fascial Manipulation® (Stecco Method); Vice-president of Fascial Manipulation Association Vicenza, Italy Andrzej Pilat PhD, PT Director, ‘Tupimek’ College of Myofascial Therapy; Lecturer, School of Physical Therapy, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Spain Robert Schleip PhD, MA Director, Fascia Research Project Institute of Applied Physiology Ulm University, Ulm; Research Director, European Rolfing Association eV Munich, Germany Antonio Stecco MD Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Padova, Italy Carla Stecco MD Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine Department University of Padova, Italy viii CONTRIBUTORS Paolo Tozzi MSc Ost, DO, PT School of Osteopathy CROMON Rome, Italy Michelle Watson MSc, CertEdHE, MCSP Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Coventry University, Coventry; Managing Director and Clinical Lead, Therapy Fusion Ltd Stratford upon Avon, UK
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 05:30:37 +0000