Describes an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique. A controversial book which broadens the horizons of manual therapy to embrace adverse tension in the nervous system. Clinical reasoning processes are associated with a new understanding of the nervous system as a dynamic continuum. He introduces new tension tests and refined versions of standard tests.Describes and supports an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique The author has been strongly influenced by the Maitland approach - this book is an extension of that school of thought Use of new tension tests is extended beyond diagnosis to successful treatment Provides a better understanding of many commonly encountered syndromes
Introduction. Towards a Multifactorial Approach PART I the BASIS for
ADVERSE NEURAL TENSION: Functional Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous
System. Clinical Neurobiomechanics. Pathological Processes. The Clinical
Consequences of Injury to the Nervous System PART II EXAMINATION: Clinical
Reasoning. Examination of Nerve Conduction. Tension Testing. The Lower Limbs
and Trunk. Tension Testing. The Upper Limbs. Application, Analysis and
Further Testing PART III TREATMENT and TREATMENT POTENTIAL: Treatment. Self
Treatment PART IV SELECTED DISORDERS and CASE STUDIES: Adverse Neural Tension
Disorders Centred in the Limbs. Adverse Neural Tension Disorders Based on the
Spinal Canal. Selected Case Studies Courses. Index
