Fascial dysfunction is now recognised as one of the main underlying causes of musculoskeletal pain leading to impaired and reduced mobility. These are the symptoms which confront all practitioners of manual therapy in their everyday practice. In this second edition of his very successful book, Leon Chaitow brings together contributions from 20 leading practitioners and researchers from many different fields of manual therapy. Fascial Dysfunction \u0096 Manual Therapy Approaches, Second Edition aims to help those practitioners to assess more precisely the dysfunction of their clients and its cause and to increase practitioner awareness of the various techniques which may help them in their attempts to alleviate their clients\u0092 problems.
\nNew features of the Second edition include:
\nDescriptions of new research evidence and its implications for practice:
\nThe dependence of collagen health on a mixture of balanced internal and external tension
\nThe importance of adequate hydration
\nThe possible role of the telocyte
\nThe importance of \u0091dosage\u0092 of therapies in management of fascial dysfunction
\nNew chapters on:
\nGua Sha and cupping
\nGlobal postural re-education
\nScar remodelling
\nThe book is in two sections. Section I, written by Chaitow with a contribution by Tom Myers, presents a review of the current understanding of the function of fascia in the human body and describes what can go wrong \u0096 the causes and effects of fascial dysfunction and disease, and how to assess the problem and remove obstacles to the success of treatment.
\nSection II contains chapters by experts in different types of manual therapy including three by Chaitow. Each practitioner describes their own approach to the problem of assessing and treating fascial dysfunction and explains their specialist therapeutic approach. These approaches include: \u0095 Bowen Therapy \u0095 Connective Tissue Manipulation and Skin Rolling \u0095 Fascia oriented training applications in sports and movement therapy \u0095 The Fascial Manipulation\u00ae method applied to low back pain \u0095 Fascial Unwinding \u0095 Balanced Ligamentous Tension Technique \u0095 Gua sha (press-stroking) and Ba guan (cupping): traditional East Asian instrument- assisted manual therapies \u0095 Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) \u0095 Myofascial Induction Therapy (MIT\u00ae) \u0095 Neuromuscular Technique and associated Soft Tissue Manipulation Modalities \u0095 Positional Release Techniques \u0096 (including counterstrain) \u0095 Global Postural Re-education: Souchard Method \u0095 Rolfing\u00ae Structural Integration \u0095 Management of Scars and Adhesions \u0095 Manual Matrix Remodeling in myofascial injuries: scar modeling technique \u0095 Massage Therapy and Fascia \u0095 Trigger Point release methods including dry needling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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