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Bodymaster John Gibbons is recognised as one of the world's leading
authorities in sports medicine. In The Vital Shoulder Complex he
shares his wealth of knowledge and experience to help you get the
best results when working with this challenging but fascinating
area of the body. With over 350 colour photographs and
illustrations and insightful case studies from his own practice,
Gibbons provides an educative tour of the anatomy of the shoulder
complex and demonstrates treatment protocols proven to successfully
restore pain free movement and improve sporting performance. The
Vital Shoulder Complex takes you step-by-step through key issues
such as: * Differential diagnosis of shoulder pathology * The
relationship of the pelvis, the sacroiliac joint and the gluteals
to the shoulder complex * Special tests associated with the
shoulder complex * Athletic and kinesiology taping techniques for
the shoulder and cervical spine * Rehabilitation and exercise
protocols for the shoulder complex The Vital Shoulder Complex is
essential reading for anyone wanting to understand and treat
shoulder-related pain.
Revised and updated: a fresh new look to this established best
seller, offering unique insights into this versatile and highly
effective technique in the physical therapists' toolbox. Muscle
Energy Techniques (METs) is a must for any student or practitioner
of physical therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, chiropractic, or
massage therapy. This practical guide, packed full of colour
photographs, fully illustrates the theory and practice of a range
muscle energy techniques. The book is broken in five parts. In Part
I, the author examines the theory and principles behind muscle
energy techniques, with chapters introducing the technique itself,
muscle imbalances, myofascial slings and core muscle relationships,
which leads neatly into the practice behind the technique. Parts II
to IV break down the technique into body areas, i.e., upper body,
lower body, trunk and pelvis, with clear descriptive explanations
of the techniques accompanied by colour photographs with
directional arrows showing the practitioner how to maximise the
benefits of the treatment. Clear drawings allow the reader to
understand the basic anatomy of each muscle. A concluding Part V
shows two applications of METs: self-lengthening techniques for the
shoulder complex and muscle weakness testing and the gluteals. The
complete guide for any student or practitioner of physical therapy
and related modalities, this is a book that you will refer to again
and again.
The goal of this book is to persuade students of animal learning
that cognitive theorizing is essential for an understanding of the
phenomena revealed by conditioning experiments. The authors also
hope to persuade the cognitive psychology community that
conditioning phenomena offer such a strong empirical foundation for
a rigorous brand of cognitive psychology that the study of animal
learning should reclaim a more central place in the field of
psychology.
The goal of this book is to persuade students of animal learning
that cognitive theorizing is essential for an understanding of the
phenomena revealed by conditioning experiments. The authors also
hope to persuade the cognitive psychology community that
conditioning phenomena offer such a strong empirical foundation for
a rigorous brand of cognitive psychology that the study of animal
learning should reclaim a more central place in the field of
psychology.
We try in this book to provide a detailed but readable, technical
but accessible monograph on energy in the United States. We treat
energy as a multidisciplinary challenge and apply the standard
tools of economists, physicists, engineers, policy analysts, and,
some might claim, fortune tellers. We hope that it will be used in
classrooms of various types, and read by the general reader as
well. That increased energy efficiency should be the first priority
of energy policymakers is a conclusion, not an assumption, of our
analysis. Many analysts have arrived at this conclusion while
working separately on energy supply problems. The magnitude and
scope of supply problems, primarily problems of high prices and
environmental costs, lead one inexorably back to reducing demand
growth as the first, most important step in any plausible energy
future. We examine, in some depth, why much of the past literature
on energy still points, fallaciously in our opinion, to high energy
c- v Preface vi sumption futures. This is in Part I (called "A
Short History of the Future"). We devote one-third of the book
(Part II) to energy resources, their internal and external costs,
and the quantities of energy to be derived from these resources.
This analysis provides a context within which the economic and
social value of energy conservation options can be assessed.
A must-have book for understanding one of the most fundamental
areas of physical therapy: the nervous system and its relationship
to musculoskeletal pain. Osteopath, lecturer and author John
Gibbons offers an accessible introduction to the peripheral nervous
system (PNS). Alongside real case studies and guidelines for
hands-on work with clients and patients, The Vital Nerves
demystifies and makes accessible everything from how to diagnose
nerve conditions to understanding how our cells communicate.
Gibbons provides critical insights into the structure and functions
of the PNS; the body's response to stimuli and how it knows what to
do; the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems;
understanding the stress response; and how reflex testing can aid
in diagnosing conditions like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's
Disease, and paresthesias. The Vital Nerves addresses practical,
common considerations like how to: Assess the nervous system using
a patella (reflex) hammer, myotome (muscle) testing and dermatome
(sensory) testing Determine whether pain in the posterior part of
the thigh is caused by the sciatic nerve, piriformis or simply a
hamstring strain Decide at what level a disc may have herniated
Differentiate between upper and lower motor neurone disorders Know
what to do with the findings of your neurological assessment and
the circumstances under which to refer patients for more specialist
care. The Vital Nerves is a comprehensive, must-have roadmap to the
functional anatomy of the nervous system. Enriched with anatomical
drawings and detailed explanations, it explains neurological
testing, common neuropathies, and differential diagnoses, and is an
indispensable resource for physical therapists and bodyworkers.
John Gibbons looks at one of the most neglected areas of the body:
the gluteal muscles. The Vital Glutes takes you on a fascinating
journey of enlightenment, teaching the reader to recognize pain and
dysfunctional patterns that arise from the gluteal muscles.
Questions answered in the book include: Why are the glutes
potentially causing pain and dysfunction to distant sites of the
body? How does the gait pattern contribute to pain and dysfunction?
And, how can the application of gluteal specific Muscle Energy
Techniques aid full body wellbeing? This book also offers the
reader step-by-step tasks to identify and correct a number of
dysfunctional patterns, and functional gluteal exercises in order
to aid recovery.
For forty years, Harvey Mansfield has been worth reading. Whether
plumbing the depths of MachiavelliOs Discourses or explaining what
was at stake in Bill ClintonOs impeachment, MansfieldOs work in
political philosophy and political science has set the standard. In
Educating the Prince, twenty-one of his students, themselves
distinguished scholars, try to live up to that standard. Their
essays offer penetrating analyses of Machiavellianism, liberalism,
and America., all of them informed by MansfieldOs own work. The
volume also includes a bibliography of MansfieldOs writings.
In comparison to many other areas of European political studies,
contemporary Spain has received less attention than it deserves.
This book aims to fill this gap in at least two important respects.
It not only describes and analyzes the institutions of government
on the Spanish political landscape, but also explores the
distinctive traits of its policy processes at regional, national
and European levels. Many of the issues which have dominated
Spanish political agendas in the 1980s and 1990s are discussed
throughout this book.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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