An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

Third
ISBN: 978-0-7817-4293-1
Verlag: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Buch, Englisch, 641 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1396 g

Osteopathic medical students and faculty benefit from a uniquely practical text that organizes osteopathic concepts and step-by-step techniques into a single comprehensive volume. This new edition includes new, all-important updates on somatic and visceral problems, writing the osteopathic manipulative prescription, and case histories to reflect changes in the national licensing examination. The book’s integrated method for diagnosis and treatment embraces basic osteopathic history and philosophy, osteopathic palpation and manipulation, and specific manipulative treatments and concepts. Abundant photographs demonstrate step-by-step techniques. Meticulous illustrations depict underlying anatomy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DiGiovanna, Eileen L.

Schiowitz, Stanley

Dowling, Dennis J.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Komplementäre Medizin, Asiatische Medizin (TCM), Heilpraktiker Chiropraktik & Osteopathie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SECTION I BASICS OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
- Introduction
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- History of Osteopathy
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Philosophy and Concepts of Osteopathic Medicine
Dennis J. Dowling and David J. Martinke

- Somatic Dysfunction
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- General Anatomic Considerations
Stanley Schiowitz, Eileen L. DiGiovanna, and Nancy Brous

- General Physiologic Considerations
Dennis J. Dowling and Paula D. Scariati

- Structural Examination & Documentation
- Palpation
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- The Role of Exercise in Osteopathic Management
Stanley Schiowitz and Albert R. DeRubertis

SECTION II OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION
- History of Manual Medicine
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Goals, Classifications & Models of Osteopathic Manipulation
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Myofascial (Soft Tissue) Techniques
Toni Spinaris and Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Muscle Energy
Dennis J. Dowling

- Counterstrain
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Facilitated Positional Release
Stanley Schiowitz

- Still Techniques
Dennis J. Dowling

- Articulatory and Thrusting Techniques
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Myofascial Release Concepts
Dennis J. Dowling and Paula Scariati

- Balanced Ligamentous Tension (Ligamentous Articular Strain)
- Functional Techniques
Stanley Schiowitz

- Osteopathy in the Cranial Field
Hugh Ettlinger and Bonnie Gintis

- Chapman’s Reflex Points
John D. Capobianco

- Inhibition And Progressive Inhibition Of Neuromusculoskeletal Structures (PINS) Techniques
Dennis J. Dowling

SECTION III CERVICAL SPINE
- Cervical Anatomic Considerations
Stanley Schiowitz and Jonathon Fenton

- Evaluation of the Cervical Spine
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Myofascial Techniques
Toni Spinaris and Eileen L. DiGiovanna

- Muscle Energy Techniques
Nancy Brous

- Counterstrain Techniques
Eileen L. DiGiovanna and Lillian Somner

- Facilitated Positional Release
Stanley Schiowitz

- Still Techniques
Dennis J. Dowling

- PINS Techniques
Dennis J. Dowling

- Thrusting Techniques
Eileen L. DiGiovanna and Barry Erner

- Exercise Therapy
Stanley Schiowitz and Albert R. DeRubertis

- Practical Applications & Case Histories
Eileen L. DiGiovanna

SECTION IV THORACIC SPINE
- Thoracic Spine Anatomic Considerations
Jonathan F. Fenton and Donald E. Phykitt

- Evaluation of the Thoracic Spine
Eileen L. DiGiovanna and Donald E. Phykitt

- Thoracic Myofascial Techniques
Eileen L. DiGiovanna and Toni Spinaris

- Muscle Energy
Sandra D. Yale, Nancy Brous, and Dennis J. Dowling