Dr Patersona (TM)s authority derives from forty yearsa (TM) experience in the field, coupled with long service to both the British Association of Manipulative Medicine, (as Hon. Secretary for eight years, and as President for three years) and to the Federation Internationale de Medecine Manuelle, (as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for five years). In addition to this, he is a co-author of five books on the subject, in collaboration with Dr Loic Burn, and sole author of another.