Most books on backache emphasize medication or surgery as cures. This practical guide suggests a better approach for sufferers. Using self-healing techniques to relieve pain, distinguishing back trouble from other problems, and protecting a weak back during sex or pregnancy are just a few of the topics in this thorough handbook. Over 40 black-and-white illustrations are included.
The Chiropractor's Self-Help book is the best-selling Chiropractic self-help book of all time, having been published in the US, Canada, England and Russia. Containing over 100 photos and easy-to-follow instructions, with this book you'll be able to: Get healthy as quickly as possible. Get rid of your aches and pains with a quick, easy, step-by-step plan customized just for you and your schedule. This book is a complete step-by-step guide to feeling better fast. Whether you're a Chiropractic patient or just want to take advantage of the wonderful self-help techniques offered by this healing art, this book is for you! You will discover how easy it is to: --Feel good again using easy 10-minute self-help techniques for getting rid of neck pain, back pain and sciatica problems. --Stand tall again using a "perfect posture" program. --Eat using an all-natural approach that will get your energy soaring and heal digestive problems. --Use the techniques found in the book's "Special Help" sections for healing foot/ankle, knee, hip, wrist/elbow, shoulder, jaw and headache problems. --From advice on "curing" the common cold to taking charge of arthritis pain and sinus/allergy conditions, this guide's all-natural advice will have you feeling better fast! "The best book on chiropractic I've seen. Get the book get on your way to health!" Dr. Layne Zimmerman, Editor, Alternative Health Review Dr. Leonard McGill is the Founder and Director of Life Chiropractic Center. He is a noted health lecturer, consulting with such companies as ATT Universal Card, Cole Vision Laboratories and American Express, and may be contacted at "[email protected]." This self-help guide for chiropractic patients has helped thousands reclaim their health. What are you waiting for?
Trigger point therapy is one of the fastest-growing and most effective pain therapies in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve patients’ formerly undiagnosable muscle and joint pain, both conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. This book addresses the problem of myofascial trigger points—tiny contraction knots that develop in a muscle when it is injured or overworked. Restricted circulation and lack of oxygen in these points cause referred pain. Massage of the trigger is the safest, most natural, and most effective form of pain therapy. Trigger points create pain throughout the body in predictable patterns characteristic to each muscle, producing discomfort ranging from mild to severe. Trigger point massage increases circulation and oxygenation in the area and often produces instant relief. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook, Third Edition, has made a huge impact among health professionals and the public alike, becoming an overnight classic in the field of pain relief. This edition includes a new chapter by the now deceased author, Clair Davies’ daughter, Amber Davies, who is passionate about continuing her father’s legacy. The new edition also includes postural assessments and muscle tests, an illustrated index of symptoms, and clinical technique drawings and descriptions to assist both practitioners and regular readers in assessing and treating trigger points. If you have ever suffered from, or have treated someone who suffers from myofascial trigger point pain, this is a must-have book.
Provides guidance and chiropractic-based techniques for relieving one's back, neck, hip, leg, shoulder, arm, wrist, and head pain at home and at work, and discusses such topics as arthritis, sciatica, osteoporosis, and hypoglycemia.
This is a Pageburst digital textbook; This one-of-a-kind, pocket-sized reference provides instant access to a wide range of key information on managing commonly encountered musculoskeletal conditions, including diagnostic criteria, treatment goals, management guidelines and protocols, nutritional management protocols, home care protocols, referral protocols, and more. Organized by orthopedic disorders, the contents are formatted for easy retrieval of pertinent information. Only book to offer both diagnostic criteria, as well as standardized treatment guidelines and protocols Text organized by body regions making it easy to locate a particular disorder or condition Multi-disciplinary contributors provide various expert perspectives Convenient pocket size can be easily carried and kept in a lab coat Several examination and diagnosis flow diagrams aid in learning differential diagnosis Four practical appendices-Nutritional Product Manufacturers, Specialty Clinical Laboratories, Outcome Assessment Questionnaires, and Suggested Reading and Reference in Nutritional, Metabolic, and Botanical Medicine-provide additional quick-reference material Serves as excellent review book for the chiropractic national boards Only text to compile protocol information from The Rands Studies, The AHCPR Guidelines, The Quebec Task Force, The Mercy Conference Guidelines, The Royal College of General Practitioners, and The Manga Report, Ontario Ministry of Health. Sections on commonly seen internal disorders such as cholecystitis, pancreatitis, ulcer, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia New nutritional and herbal protocols keep users in step with the latest changes A greatly enhanced Fibromyalgia section provides up-to-date information Two-color design with thumb tabs makes referencing quick and easy
The first book ever to bring together the best techniques from chiropractic and osteopathy, this easy-to-use guide is necessary reading for any manual therapist wishing to hone their skills, and discover related techniques that will enhance their practice. Offering practical step-by-step instruction on how to treat a full scope of musculoskeletal conditions, this duo-disciplinary guide draws on current anatomical and physiological research to bring all the most advanced and adaptive manipulation therapy techniques to your fingertips. Providing a brief history of the two central branches of manual therapy, it gives a valuable insight into how manipulation therapists can benefit from sharing ideas and integrating versatile techniques across practices, before providing clear, illustrated references for how to apply the methods on specific sections of the body. Demonstrating how to relieve common ailments, recognise contraindications and take excellent safety precautions, this is the ideal companion for practitioners and students of manipulation therapy for the whole body.
Canadians visit chiropractors about 30 million times a year, and surveys show that patients are generally satisfied with their treatment. But studies also show that as many as two hundred Canadians a year suffer strokes brought on by neck manipulation. Spin Doctors takes a hard, dramatic, and spine-chilling look into the world of chiropractic medicine. You will be surprised to learn what chiropractors treat and why and how much it costs you as a taxpayer. Most importantly, you'll learn how to protect yourself and your family from dangerous adjustments, practice-building tactics, bogus treatments, and misleading information.
This book is written for use in the class room. It may, however, be studied just as easily by the field practitioner, and is not too technical in most of its parts to be readily grasped by the layman. It has grown, rather than having been written; it is the expansion of the notes which were tested in the class room for six years, and the writer believes that, with the constant arrangement and betterment to suit the requirements of the students of Chiropractic, this has created a real textbook, rendering easily understood a subject that students have always said was difficult.
