MANUAL THERAPIST

Summary

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Chapter 14 Summary What is Therapeutic Stretching?  Stretching is the behaviour a person adopts to recover, increase or maintain their range of movement (ROM)  Therapeutic stretching is the process used…

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Pain Management and ROM Desensitization

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Chapter 9 Pain Management and ROM Desensitization Imagine three clinical scenarios in which patients present with different knee conditions. The first patient presents with a knee sprain which happened 1…

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Towards a Functional Approach

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Chapter 12 Towards a Functional Approach This chapter will explore how to integrate the various principles discussed in previous chapters into a unified, functional range of movement (ROM) rehabilitation approach….

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Adaptation in ROM Loss and Recovery

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Chapter 4 Adaptation in ROM Loss and Recovery The capacity of the musculoskeletal system to undergo range of movement (ROM) adaptation can be seen in a number of human experiences,…

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Specificity in ROM Rehabilitation

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Chapter 5 Specificity in ROM Rehabilitation Often individuals (as well as animals) overcome their injury and range of movement (ROM) losses by taking actions that resemble the movement patterns which…

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Functional and Dysfunctional ROM

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Chapter 2 Functional and Dysfunctional ROM In setting out to rehabilitate range of movement (ROM) the first task is to establish what is normal ROM and what is abnormal ROM;…

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Stretch-tolerance Model

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Chapter 10 Stretch-tolerance Model In clinic we may sometimes find that yoga and martial arts practitioners who are “stretch experienced” may be less concerned about painful stretching positions than those…

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