Principles And Practice Of Manual Therapeutics Patrick Coughlin by Patrick Coughlin 9780443065590, 0443065594 instant download after payment.

Part of the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series, this comprehensive resource offers brief, yet thorough coverage of alternative and complementary hands-on therapies, including Chiropractic, Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and massage. Focusing on manipulative techniques and their therapeutic applications to common and un-common disorders, it addresses both Eastern and Western approaches to the discipline. Ideal for comparing and contrasting the various forms of manual therapeutics, it describes the basic philosophy and theories of the different methods, as well as the techniques themselves. It also provides an overview of the principal manual therapies practiced worldwide, the theories and rationale behind them, and practice algorithms.Provides comprehensive coverage of the full array of manual techniques, with applications to common & uncommon disordersOrganized by therapy for easy access to informationIncludes popular therapies such as Healing Touch/Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, and MassageCoverage spans both Eastern and Western schools of thoughtContributors represent the highest levels of each discipline and are recognized experts in the fieldFormat is uniform for each chapter, which includes a history of the system, technique or method; basic principles and language; the specific techniques performed by practitioners; the educational background of practitioners; and applicable basic and clinical researchAppendix provides contacts, resources, and references for each therapeutic modality, allowing the reader to engage in further investigationServes as a vocabulary/lexicon of manual therapies.A volume in the Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Series