Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy

Written by physiotherapists and yoga teachers Simon Borg-Olivier and Bianca Machliss, Applied Anatomy& Physiology of Yoga isa unique text on the science of hatha yoga and yoga therapy.

The effects of yoga each part of the body are explained with thorough analysis and explanation of asanas, vinyasa, bandhas, mudras and kriyas. Using basic principles of biomechanics and neurophysiology this book explains how to improve strength, flexibility and fitness while maintaining joint stability and minimizing the risk of injury.

This comprehensive text includes hundreds of photographs,...

Old age happens whether you like it or not.

Your final years have arrived, and you must deal with it. You wish that these years had never come to you. You wish you could go back in time. You're powerless to make such wishes come true. Will you passively surrender to failing balance and strength, like a Stubborn Mule, or a Denying Ostrich, and bury your head in the sand? Or will you fight like a Raging Lion against immobility and dependence.

This is life's final battle. Is your freedom precious to you? If so, you must do something to help yourself, and you...

The second edition of this book serves as a central source of theoretical and practical knowledge to optimize the evaluation and treatment of patients with lymphedema. The book covers all aspects of the disease from anatomical and histological features to diagnosis as well as physical/medical and surgical management of the disease.

Updated from the first edition to reflect the substantial progress in diagnostics, medical care and surgical intervention for this patient population, this volume has been reorganized to meet today's practice requirements. It addresses the...

Physiotherapy is arriving at a critical point in its history. Since World War I, physiotherapy has been the largest allied health profession and the established provider of orthodox physical rehabilitation. But ageing populations of increasingly chronically ill people, a growing scepticism towards biomedicine, and the changing economy of healthcare threaten physiotherapy's long-held status. Paradoxically, physiotherapy's affinity for treating the 'body-as-machine' has resulted in an almost complete inability to identify the roots of the profession's present problems, or define possible...

This book describes the four most common central nervous disorders (Parkinson, stroke, dementia and multiple sclerosis) by focusing on the similarities of their symptoms. This analysis is necessary in order to determine the appropriate treatment method for individual patients.

In physical therapy there are various methods available for treating patients affected by a neurological disease, yet the method presented here is the only one to include systematic interventions adapted to the patient's needs, which are determined by means of a health situation analysis.

The book...