Physical Therapy category: 496 books

Sports physiotherapist Maryke Louw has realised that many of the ankle sprains that she treats in her practice can actually be diagnosed and treated at home with a little bit of guidance. She wrote this book to enable you to: • Know which structures you have injured • Know the extent of...

A Guide to Better Movement offers a clear and practical look at emerging science related to the brain's role in movement and pain. It is written for movement professionals, athletes, chronic pain sufferers, and anyone else interested in moving better and feeing better. In it, you will learn: the essential...

The world of business is ever changing, with much of the available information becoming quickly out-of-date. Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional, Second Edition keeps pace with this changing world and provides the health care professional with the latest information to answer the...

Dr. McClenny, once again, delivers an easy-to-read guide, as most of us, at some point in our lives, will experience back pain due to injury, poor posture, over-use, or a variety of other reasons.  This guide will help the you  identify the severity of your back pain, and quite possibly...

An invaluable resource for any athletic training curriculum, this text introduces athletic training as a profession by presenting an ethical framework of values, principles, and theory. Chapters explore important issues related to cultural competence, foundational behaviors of professional practice,...

Muscles and Meridians is a unique book that breaks new conceptual ground in the realm of human movement. Exploring the connection between evolutionary biology and Chinese meridians, the volume offers a novel and effective system of diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders. Describes...

The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) has become the best evaluative measure of motor function designed for quantifying change in the gross motor abilities of children with cerebral palsy. The new version of the scoring programme has now been released, and includes two abbreviated methods of estimating GMFM-66 scores using the GMFM-66-Item sets and the GMFM-66-Basal & Ceiling.

This popular textbook provides a concise, but comprehensive, overview of health research as an integrated, problem-solving process. It bridges the gap between health research methods and evidence-based clinical practice, making it an essential tool for students embarking on research. Practitioners...

Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Volume 2: Scientific Foundations and Principles of Practice provides a thorough review of the basic science information concerning the tissues of the musculoskeletal system impacted by injury or disease, as well as the guiding principles upon which rehabilitation interventions...

For the first time, international scientific and clinical leaders have collaborated topresent this exclusive book which integrates state-of-the art engineering concepts of spine control into clinically relevant approaches for the rehabilitation of low back pain. Spinal Control identifies the scope...

With a new editor at the helm, Electrotherapy: Evidence-Based Practice (formerly Clayton’s Electrotherapy) is back in its 12th edition, continuing to uphold the standard of clinical research and evidence base for which it has become renowned. This popular textbook comprehensively covers the...

This book was written for you, if you experience discomfort during sex or suffer from vulvodynia, pelvic floor disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, pain after gynaecological surgery and other conditions concerning chronic pelvic pain. The main part of this book is an easy to follow programme to overcome...

Combining 25 years of clinical, research and teaching experience, Dr Lisa Harvey provides an innovative 5-step approach to the physiotherapy management of people with spinal cord injury. Based on the International Classification of Functioning, this approach emphasises the importance of setting goals...

Sports Injuries provides an indispensable self-help guide to all the common injuries that occur. This book will help to quickly pinpoint the source of the injury, know which conditions you can treat yourself and when to visit an expert, stay fit and flexible during recovery, and encourage your body...