{"product_id":"fascial-dysfunction-manual-therapy-appro","title":"Fascial Dysfunction Manual Therapy Appro","description":"\u003cp\u003eFascial dysfunction is now recognised as one of the main underlying causes of musculoskeletal pain leading to impaired and reduced mobility. These are the symptoms which confront all practitioners of manual therapy in their everyday practice. In this second edition of his very successful book, Leon Chaitow brings together contributions from 20 leading practitioners and researchers from many different fields of manual therapy. Fascial Dysfunction - Manual Therapy Approaches, Second Edition aims to help those practitioners to assess more precisely the dysfunction of their clients and its cause and to increase practitioner awareness of the various techniques which may help them in their attempts to alleviate their clients'' problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew features of the Second edition include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescriptions of new research evidence and its implications for practice:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dependence of collagen health on a mixture of balanced internal and external tension\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe importance of adequate hydration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe possible role of the telocyte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe importance of ''dosage'' of therapies in management of fascial dysfunction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew chapters on:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGua Sha and cupping\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobal postural re-education\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScar remodelling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is in two sections. Section I, written by Chaitow with a contribution by Tom Myers, presents a review of the current understanding of the function of fascia in the human body and describes what can go wrong - the causes and effects of fascial dysfunction and disease, and how to assess the problem and  remove obstacles to the success of treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection II contains chapters by experts in different types of manual therapy including three by Chaitow. Each practitioner describes their own approach to the problem of assessing and treating fascial dysfunction and explains their specialist therapeutic approach. These approaches include:  Bowen Therapy  Connective Tissue Manipulation and Skin   Rolling  Fascia oriented training applications in sports and movement therapy  The Fascial Manipulation® method applied   to low back pain  Fascial Unwinding  Balanced Ligamentous Tension Technique  Gua sha (press-stroking) and Ba guan   (cupping): traditional East Asian instrument-  assisted manual therapies  Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)  Myofascial Induction Therapy (MIT®)  Neuromuscular Technique and associated Soft Tissue Manipulation Modalities  Positional Release Techniques - (including counterstrain)  Global Postural Re-education: Souchard Method  Rolfing® Structural Integration  Management of Scars and Adhesions  Manual Matrix Remodeling in myofascial injuries: scar modeling technique  Massage Therapy and Fascia  Trigger Point release methods including dry needling\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316022845822,"sku":"NW9781909141940","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781909141940.jpg?v=1778717274","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/fascial-dysfunction-manual-therapy-appro","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}