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Palpation and Assessment Skills with Back of Book CD-Rom, 2nd Edition

Palpation and Assessment Skills with Back of Book CD-Rom
2nd Edition

by Leon Chaitow, Graeme Chambers, Viola M. Frymann

Description
This useful guide to palpation for musculoskeletal diagnosis and assessment describes and illustrates the skills needed to increase sophistication of palpatory assessment skills and practice. A companion CD-ROM supports the skills with video clips, and each technique is reinforced with practical exercises and self-assessment questions.

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. Dedication. Glossary.
1: Using appropriate pressure (and the MPI).
2: Structure and function: are they inseparable? Palpatory accuracy - mirage or reality?
3: Visual assessment and the dominant eye. Fundamentals of palpation.
4: The morphology of reflex and acupuncture points. Palpating and assessing the skin.
5: Is it a muscle or a joint problem? Palpating for changes in muscle structure.
6: Red, white and black reaction. Palpation of subtle movements (including circulation of the CSF, energy, and 'has tissue a memory?).
7: Assessing dural restriction - Assessment of 'abnormal mechanical tension' in the nervous system.
8: Source of pain - is it reflex or local? Introduction to functional palpation.
9: Joint play, 'end-feel', range of motion: what are they? Palpation and assessment of joints (including spine and pelvis).
10: Percussion palpation - Visceral palpation and breathing function assessment.
11: Palpating the traditional Chinese pulses - Palpation without touch.
12: About hyperventilation - Palpation and emotional states.
Appendix. Index.

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