Functional Soft-tissue Examination and Treatment by Manual Methods - Hardcover

Hammer, Warren J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763733105 ISBN 13: 9780763733100

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

This third edition of this very successful book includes chapters written by experts in the methods of manual treatment and provides step-by-step instructions on how to examine your patient using a logical sequence of passive, contractile, and special tests, and how to relate findings to biomechanical problems and lesions. Included are hundreds of diagrams, photographs, illustrations, and summary charts.

About this title

About the Author

Warren I. Hammer, DC, MS, DABCO-Hands on Therapeutics, Norwalk, Connecticut Warren Hammer, a graduate of Lincoln Chiropractic College, has been in practice in Norwalk, Connecticut since 1959. For the past 15 years, Dr. Hammer blends a keen interest in soft-tissue methods of healing with his expertise in spinal adjusting. He has studied numerous soft-tissue methods and applies them to the practice of chiropractic. He writes a regular column for Dynamic Chiropractic and has written articles for prominent journals such as Chiropractic Sports Medicine, the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics and Chiropractic Technique. Dr. Hammer has lectured for the Motion Palpation Institute since 1987, and has lectured nationally and internationally on the examination and treatment of soft-tissue lesions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0763733105
• ISBN 13: 9780763733100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 788