Orthopedic Medicine A New Approach to Vertebral Medicine

A masterful step-by-step description of techniques and maneuvers of relaxation, mobilization and manipulation, illustrated by superb photographs and didactic diagrams make this book a refreshing addition to the literature, useful to the experienced medical practitioner and novice alike. This monograph will undoubtedly convince the most recalcitrant reader that, when logically and skillfully applied by a physician on selected patients following a painstaking diagnostic study, manipulations have equal rights among other medical procedures. However, the usefulness of this book is not limited to the description of manipulative techniques. A large portion of the book is devoted to methods of examining patients with painful spine and/or upper and lower extremities, susceptible to being helped by any psychiatric, orthopedic, or rheumatological therapy. It also contains very helpful chapters concerning functional anatomy and patho-physiology of the spine and related structures. It presents to the reader a lucid description of the most frequent clinical conditions seen by practitioners in this field.