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Develop your skills and confidence with expert tips for treating back pain

For any therapist who has been challenged by a client complaining of pain or stiffness in the neck or back, The Big Back Book: Tips & Tricks for Therapists is packed with ideas and suggestions for the assessment, treatment, and aftercare of the spine. The author shares tips gathered from many years of experience as a physical therapist and massage therapist, providing step-by-step guidance on everything from testing range of motion and documenting findings, to locating specific muscles and vertebrae, to identifying the source of pain and managing posture and muscle tone issues. With a clear and conversational writing style and easy-to-follow organization of chapters, this book allows readers to gain valuable insights and immediately apply techniques into practice.

Highlights:

-Organizes material by sections on cervical spine, thoracic spine, and lumbar spine-with each section following a consistent format-to aid in quick reference of needed information

-Presents commonly asked questions, answered by the author, throughout the text

-Offers helpful hints for encouraging client self-care

-Includes useful tables, forms, checklists, and questionnaires to optimize treatment outcomes

-Clarifies methods and concepts with more than 900 simple line drawings

The wealth of practical advice and information contained within makes The Big Back Book: Tips & Tricks for Therapists a must-have volume for massage therapists, physical therapists, and osteopaths with clients seeking relief from neck and back pain. Practitioners and students alike will enhance their knowledge and expand their repertoire of assessment and treatment techniques.

Jane Johnson, MSc, is a chartered physical therapist, Suderland, UK.

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Jane Johnson, MSc, ist Co-Direktorin der London Massage Company. Als Physiotherapeutin und Sportmasseurin führt sie seit vielen Jahren Haltungsanalysen durch. Jane Johnson unterrichtet Haltungsanalyse im Rahmen berufsbegleitender Fortbildungsmaßnahmen für die Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT). Dadurch bekam sie Kontakt zu Tausenden von Therapeuten der verschiedensten Therapierichtungen, die ihre eigene Arbeit beeinflussten. Sie moderiert zudem regelmäßig die jährlich stattfindende Complementary and Massage Expo (CAM) in Großbritannien. Jane Johnson ist Vollmitglied der Chartered Society of Physiotherapists und registriert beim Health Professions Council. Als Mitglied des Institute of Anatomical Sciences ist sie sehr an der Anatomie des Bewegungsapparates und einer verbesserten Ausbildung auf diesem Gebiet interessiert. Auch beschäftigt sie sich intensiv mit dem Zusammenhang von Haltung und Emotionen.

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