Acupuncture in Manual Therapy is a comprehensive overview of manual therapy interventions combined with acupuncture management of musculoskeletal disorderscovering all major joints of the body. The book is intended to offer physiotherapists and students of acupuncture a clinical reasoning model, whilst supporting suggested interventions with the relevant evidence base in order to alleviate pain, restore function and facilitate rehabilitation within musculoskeletal management. It places an emphasis on the neurophysiological processes of pain management stressing the importance of using the correct intervention for the relevant presenting pain mechanism. Each chapter discusses suggested manualintervention, acupuncture evidence and physiological processes underpinning this combined approach to musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction including meridian acupuncture, auricular acupuncture, electroacupuncture, tens and trigger point acupuncture as a means of addressing the varying pain patterns presented within musculoskeletal rehabilitation.This book provides knowledge from distinctive and prominent contributors from the world of manual therapy and acupuncture whilst this expertise is further supported by the provision of student casestudies to offer support and enhance learning. INDICE: ContributorsDedicationAcknowledgementsPreface1 Clinical reasoning in western acupunctureLynley Bradnam-RobertsClinical reasoning in traditional Chinese medicineJennie LongbottomCase study 1 Efterpi RompotiCase study 2 Sarah Rouse2 The temporomandibular joint Allison Middleditch Acupuncture in the management of temporomandibular joint disorders Jennie LongbottomCase study 1 Brigit Murray 3 Cervical spine Nick TuckerAcupuncture intervention in cervical spine dysfunction Jennie LongbottomCase study 1Charlie Plummer Case study 2 Rose Sutcliffe 4 The shoulderJennie LongbottomCase study 1 Dan Franklin Case study 2Kevin Hunt 5 The ElbowJo GibsonAcupuncture and elbow dysfunction Jennie LongbottomCase study 1Lawrence MayhewCase study 2 Katy Williams 6 The Thoracic spine Jennie LongbottomAcupuncture interventions with thoracic spine dysfunctionJennie LongbottomCase study 1 Kenny CrossCase study 2 Helen Sankey7 Manual therapy in low back pain Claire SmallAcupuncture in low back pain Jennie LongbottomCase study 1 Siobhan ByrneCase study 2 Hannah Edwards8 The sacroiliac jointand pelvis Howard Turner Acupuncture within manual therapy Jennie Longbottom Case study 1 Cathie MorrowCase study 2 Daniel Christopher Martin9 The hip Jennie Longbottom Case study 1 AnonymousCase study 2 Sharon HelsbyCase study 3 James Thomson10 Anterior Knee pain Lee HerringtonAcupuncture in the management ofknee pain Jennie Longbottom Case study 1 Andy ReynoldsCase study 2 Melissa Johnson11 Musculoskeletal Injuries in the foot and ankle Cherye RocheAcupuncturein lower limb dysfunction Jennie Longbottom Case study 1 Sarah TribeCase study 2 Eghon Murray12 Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulators for Pain Management Mark I JohnsonCase study 1 AnonymousCase study 2 Matthew Walmsley
- ISBN: 978-0-443-06782-2
- Editorial: Churchill Livingstone
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 31/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés