Advanced treatment techniques for the manual therapist : neck

Advanced treatment techniques for the manual therapist : neck

"As the field of massage therapy has gained greater acceptance, its role within the health field has increased commensurately. For this reason, there is a growing need for advanced treatment techniques that are oriented toward clinical rehabilitation of clients who present with musculo-skeletal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muscolino, Joseph E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins , c2013
Series:LWW in touch series
Subjects:
Massage therapy
Neck > Massage
Neck > Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Neck Injuries > therapy
Massage > methods
Neck Pain > therapy
Neck > physiology
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Anatomy and physiology review
  • 2. common musculoskeletal pathologic conditions
  • 3. Assessment and treatment strategy
  • 4. Body mechanics for deep tissue work to the posterior neck
  • 5. Massaging the anterior neck
  • 6. Multiplane stretching
  • 7. Contract relax stretching
  • 8. Agonist contract stretching
  • 9. Contract relax agonist contract stretching
  • 10. Joint mobilization
  • 11. Self-care for the client
  • 12. Self-care for the therapist

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