FUNCTIONAL SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION & TREATMENT 3E

HAMMER, WARREN I

ISBN 10: 128413167X / ISBN 13: 9781284131673

Published by Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2007

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Title: FUNCTIONAL SOFT TISSUE EXAMINATION & ...

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: paperback

Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition

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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. Completely updated edition Includes 12 new chapters Provides step-by-step, how-to examination and treatment guidance Contains nearly 700 photos and illustrations Discusses new testing methods Presents new information at the cellular level based on how we affect soft tissue when we touch, compress, or stretch tissue with our hands or special instruments Presents the latest information and techniques dealing with: *Joint play treatment *Friction massage *Rehabilitation of soft tissues *Strain/counterstrain *Hypo- and hyperpronation of the foot *Post facilitation stretch *Chronically shortened muscles *TMJ

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.