Chiropractic Books

Tajinder Deoora is a remarkable healer, osteopathic practitioner, naturopath and teacher. Her book reflects all these diverse aspects of her being. It is readable, clear, highly informative and offers a balanced, insightful and inspiring insight in to cranial osteopathy - it is a highly intelligent exploration of cranial osteopathy and its roots. Cranial osteopathy is a discipline at the cutting edge of its own profession (osteopathy) so the reader can imagine what it is in the eyes of some of the more conventional healing modalities. Tajinder Deoora has taken this on, never losing sight of the rational, common sense of structure and function but at the same time having the courage, integrity and sensitivity to take the reader into the more subtle and challenging aspects of healing through this modality in a highly credible and professional manner. It should be required reading for all serious students of the healing arts including orthodox medicine.

"Dr. Hagen sets a high and informed bar for those of us who, while aware of the benefits of western medicine for intervention in cases of acute illness and trauma, are wary of the risks and limitations involved in a visit to an allopathic physician. 'How to Live to 100 In Spite of Your Doctor' is a message that needs to be delivered to an American public that generally overestimates the benefits and underestimates the risks of allopathic care. As a former member of the Mayo Foundation Board of Trustees and CEO of Mayo/St. Mary's Hospital, I appreciate Dr. Hagen's capacity to provide advice from a natural and alternative perspective. Readers should incorporate his wisdom into their healthcare decisionmaking. It will increase their chances of living to 100."

-Michael Myers, Associate Professor, University of South Dakota School of Law.

This was a recommended text in my chiropractic college for my orthopedics class. I found the illustrations very helpful with learning the orthopedic tests which seemed so overwhelming at first. I kept practicing these tests with my friends before the lab test and got good grades. The national boards do use this text as a reference, I highly recommend using this book to study for the boards for either Part II, III, or IV. For x-ray portions of boards -more so in Part III and IV---I highly recommend Skeletal Radiology by Terry Yochum. This is a definite must buy as well as Patrick Leonardi's National Board of Chiropractic Part II, Part III and Part IV study guides. The questions were great and helped me to concentrate on the important topics of high yield questions asked on the boards. Thanks Terry Yochum, Patrick Leonardi and Ronald Evans for making my life much easier in chiropractic school and on the boards.

investigation of the A.M.A.'s 'Committee on Quackery', 'Since the AMA Board of Trustees' decision, at its meeting on November 2-3, 1963, to establish a Committee on Quackery, your Committee has considered its prime mission to be, first, the containment of chiropractic and, ultimately, the elimination of chiropractic. So begins a memorandum from the American Medical Association's powerful Committee on Quackery. Sent to the American Medical Associations's Board of Trustees on January 4, 1971, the memorandum warns: The Committee has not previously submitted such a report because it believes that to make public some of its activities would have been and continues to be unwise. Thus, this report is intended only for the information of the Board of Trustees. The purpose of this book is exactly to make known the underhanded activities of the AMA's Committee on Quackery since its beginning. Aligned with another powerful group, the AMA's secret spy network, otherwise known as the Department of Investigation, the AMAs Committee on Quackery has used every devious and cunning method available to bury the Chiropractic Profession on the National, State and local levels throughout the United States. This book, completely documented, clearly outlines and details the 'big lie' techniques, illegal lobbying, activities and 'Gestapo-like' pressure tactics employed by the American Medical Association's Committee on Quackery and Department of Investigation in their war on Chiropractic since 1964. In addition, the AMA's Department of Investigation has collected data on all groups it has labeled 'quack', from health food stores to religions. 'Big Brother' has taken on a new look. There is a way to stop him. Read this book

This product was received in a timely manner and was an excellent purchase for school.

This is one of a series of books used by practicianers of Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT). They provide standards for practice and excellent information regarding theory, anatomy, and some protocals for treatment. There are illustrations and pictures, so they are useful for teaching the less experienced as well as those well versed in the treatment.Integrative Manual Therapy for the Autonomic Nervous System and Related Disorder. [[ASIN:1556434359 Integrative Manual Therapy for Muscle Energy: A Clinical Approach to Treatment of the Pelvis, Sacrum, Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine, Ribs, and Joints ... (Integrative Manual Therapy Series)

This is the best handbook on a pain related subject that I have ever seen. While certainly not intended to be an exhaustive review, it provides a great deal of practical info in an 'outline" form.

I highly recommend the book to anyone who deals with back pain, especially in primary care.

exellent book,all chapters very well written. Everybody who works with patients with back problems must have one(surgeons and non- surgeons.

This is a great book. It documents what occurs in the spine when subluxations are corrected. When DC's adjust patients without x-rays and don't re-examine the patient, how do they know what was done? They don't. This book gives you the courage to be your own scientist and figure out what your adjustments are doing for your patients. Don't listen to people that say that the spine doesn't change after adjustments. This book teaches you that it can be done. The book is worth every penny.
Adam Story, D.C.

This book is as good as the current scientific literature allows it to be, and is by far the best on the market of its kind at present!

What is most refreshing about this book is that the authors have not hidden away in the world of anecdote and hearsay, all to often seen in competing texts, and have embraced an approach informed by research evidence (where available) to the teaching of a subject that has been used for many years by a wide range of health professionals. Whilst the authors make it clear that they are osteopaths and their clinical background has informed their approach, their use of scientifically sound and generic terminology and concepts allows their work to be accessible and understood by readers from any discipline.

A masterstroke by the authors is their categorisation of manipulative techniques by the target joint in which synovial fluid cavitation is desired. Never mind the opinions of authors of less informed books about the relevance of joint cavitation. The scientific literature clearly shows that cavitation is what distinguishes high velocity-low amplitude thrust (HVLAT) manipulation from other interventions grouped under the generic 'spinal manipulative therapy' banner. These authors have taken a brave step in categorising techniques in this manner, adding clarity to a subject that is all too often obfuscated by wishy-washy opinion and an avoidance of robust empirical data.

By the same token, it is nice to see that the authors have emphasised the importance of spinal segmental kinematics in relation to the various phases of HVLAT manipulation. These important concepts are then used to aid explanation of each technique throughout the text in a consistent and logical manner.

The techniques included cover all regions of the spine, and represent an ample repertoire for any manipulative practitioner. The techniques are logically organised by anatomical region, are clearly illustrated, and a clear description of each phase of the technique is given in the text. The text is then complemented by videos of each technique on the accompanying CD-ROM, which is an extremely useful learning (and teaching) aid. It is worth bearing in mind that videos of manual therapy techniques have traditionally been very expensive, but this addition really makes this book good value when compared with the alternatives on the market.

What more can you ask for?