Manipulation of the Spine Thorax and Pelvis 3/e: An Osteopathic Perspective with DVD

--- Reviews ---

The conservative management of spinal pain syndromes requires the development of many skills including the necessary
psychomotor skills to perform joint manipulation. Skill acquisition is not automatic and requires progressive steps of
motor learning and frequent refreshment of learning. This novel text and accompanying CD-ROM aims to support
practitioners?learning and acquisition of manual skill to perform high velocity, low amplitude spinal manipulations
and is likely to provide a valuable resource for both teachers and students of manipulative therapy.
** Gwendolen Jull Mphy GradDipManipTher FACP
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Australia

Peter Gibbons and Philip Tehan have taken the extremely difficult subject of the actual skill teaching in HVLA
technique and produced what should prove to be a real milestone. Having been teaching this subject since 1964, I fully
understand the problems that they have faced, and their frustration in trying to help students climb the learning curve
at a faster rate than is usually possible. The inclusion of a companion DVD with video is clearly the way forward and
the no-nonsense approach to making this work available across boundaries of like-minded disciplines is to be applauded.
I highly commend this work to all those working in the manipulative fields. I believe that it will help raise the
standards of knowledge of manipulative practitioners world-wide as well as confirming the logical thinking and
educational process of osteopathic practitioners.
**Laurie S. Hartman DO MRO
Osteopath, teacher and author

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Chiropractic Manipulative Skills, 2nd Edition
Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques, 2nd Edition : The Upper Body
Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques : The Lower Body, Volume 2
Osteopathy : Models for Diagnosis, Treatment and Practice
Muscle Energy Techniques with DVD-ROM, 3rd Edition
Positional Release Techniques with DVD-ROM, 3rd Edition

--- Author Information ---

By Peter Gibbons, MB, BS, DO, DM-Smed, MHSc, Associate Professor Osteopathic Medicine, Head of the School of Health
Sciences, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia and Philip Tehan, DO, DipPhysio, MHSc, Senior Lecturer, Osteopathic
Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia


PART A HVLA thrust techniques ?an osteopathic perspective
1 Introduction
2 Osteopathic philosophy, practice and technique
3 Kinematics and coupled motion of the spine
4 Spinal positioning and locking
5 Safety and high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust techniques
6 Rationale for the use of high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust techniques
7 Validation of clinical practice by research

PART B HVLA thrust techniques
8 Cervical and cervicothoracic spine
9 Thoracic spine and ribcage
10 Lumbar and thoracolumbar spine
11 Pelvis

PART C Technique failure and analysis

Index