Chiropractic Technique: Principles and Procedures

Chiropractic Technique: Principles and Procedures

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No other book offers a complete guide to chiropractic adjustive techniques! Chiropractic Technique, 3rd Edition makes it easy to understand essential procedures and provides a rationale for their use. Written by Thomas F. Bergmann, DC, FICC, and David H. Peterson, DC, and backed by the latest research studies, this bestseller describes the basic principles needed to evaluate, select, and apply specific adjustive procedures. With a review of chiropractic history, detailed descriptions of joint examination and adjustive techniques for the spine, pelvis, and extremities, and a companion Evolve website with how-to videos, this book is a must-have reference for students and clinicians.

Key Features
*Offers over 700 photos and line drawings depicting the correct way to set up and perform adjustive procedures, clarifying concepts, and showing important spinal and muscle anatomy.
*Includes up-to-date research studies and methods for validating manual therapy.
*Discusses mechanical principles so you can determine not only which adjustive procedure to use and when, but also why you should choose one approach over another.
*Organizes content thematically with a discussion of practical anatomy, kinematics, evaluation, and technique for each joint.
*Covers anatomy and biomechanics in detail, along with adjustive techniques for the spine, extraspinal techniques, and additional techniques for special populations, helping you fully prepare for board examinations.
*Covers the manipulable lesion as a basis for treating disorders with manual therapy, including chiropractic techniques.
*Includes content on low-force techniques to help you treat elderly patients and patients who are in acute pain.
*Includes useful appendices with clinical information as well as interesting historical information, including a feature on practitioners who developed specific techniques

New to This Edition
*NEW Evolve website with video clips of the author performing all the adjustive procedures in the book.
*Updated and expanded content covers new information on joint anatomy and assessment including Newton's laws and fibrocartilage, joint malposition, joint subluxation, history of subluxation/dysfunction, and sacroiliac articulation.
*A procedure index printed on the inside of the front cover makes it easier to find specific procedures.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: General Overview of the Chiropractic Profession
The Past
The Present
The Future  
Conclusions
  
Chapter 2: Joint Anatomy and Basic Biomechanics
Fundamental Concepts, Principles, and Terms
Joint Function
Mechanical Forces Acting on Connective Tissue
Properties of Connective Tissue
Models of Spine Function

Chapter 3: Joint Assessment Principles and Procedures
The Manipulable Lesion
Subluxation
Vertebral Subluxation Complex  
Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndrome  
Spinal Listings
Clinical Evaluation of Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndrome
Clinical Documentation

Chapter 4: Principles of Adjustive Technique
Classification and Definition of Manual Therapies  
Joint Manipulative Procedures  
Soft Tissue Manipulative Procedures  
Indications for Adjustive Therapy  
Mechanical Spine Pain  
Joint Subluxation/Dysfunction Syndromes  
Contraindications to and Complications of Adjustive Therapy  
Effects of Adjustive Therapy  
Application of Adjustive Therapy  

Chapter 5: The Spine: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Assessment and Adjustive Techniques
Structure and Function of the Spine  
Evaluation of Spinal Joint Function  
Cervical Spine  
Adjustments of the Cervical Spine  
Thoracic Spine  
Adjustments of the Thoracic Spine and Rib Cage  
Lumbar Spine  
Adjustments of the Lumbar Spine  
Pelvic Joints  
Adjustments of the Pelvis  

Chapter 6: Extraspinal Techniques
Role of the Peripheral Joints  
Temporomandibular Joint  
Shoulder  
Elbow  
Wrist and Hand  
Hip  
Knee  
Ankle and Foot

Chapter 7: Nonthrust Procedures: Mobilization, Traction, and Soft Tissue Techniques
Joint Mobilization  
Manual Traction-Distraction  
McKenzie Method  
Cranial Manipulation  
Soft Tissue Manipulation  

Conclusions  
Glossary
Appendices
1: Named Chiropractic Techniques
2: Reliability Studies
3: Citation Synopsis

Chiropractic Technique: Principles and Procedures

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