Chiropractic Books

I am a student of muscular therapy and own this as well as Travell's opus. Both are excellent this has more hands on techniques while Travell uses more of a hands off (cold spray and injection) techniques. I refer to this text often and would recommend it highly.

I'm an Advanced Practitioner of Massage Therapy and find this book VERY helpful. The Muscle Energy Techniques (M.E.T.s) are explained very thoroughly, and the accompanying drawings, and or pictures, are very helpful. While familiar with the M.E.T.s, having this book as a reference for all the upper body muscles, and their positioning for the best M.E.T. applications, is very rewarding. I'd recommend this book highly to anyone that has a basic understanding of the therapeutic aspects of massage and M.E.T.s.
Mr. Chiatow and Ms. Delany, PLEASE!!! I can't wait for the next volume! I'm sure the Lower Body will be as good!

This is a really clearly written, concise book, with drawings and pictures of muscle positions, trigger points, etc. I bought the Jane Travell Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction Books before this one came out, and for the money wish I had bought the Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Tech. Book. Unless you are a Physician, who wants to inject the patient's trigger points with a saline solution, and then you better be very exact in your aim with the needle, I think the Clinical Application of Neurom. Tech. Book is a much more practical, useful, hands on, straight forward book that addresses all the trigger points, origins and insertions of the muscles in a very user friendly way. Until this book came out, Jane Travell's was the only great reference guide; but what patient really likes injections? Now this book surpasses Dr. Travells, in that all the material in it is useful and usable. Can't wait for Vol. II, Lower Body, to come out.

Clinical Application of Neuromuscular Techniques is an alternative to Travell's Trigger Point Manual if you do not do TP injections. It has great pictures, well explained treatment techniques (if you are up to date with your anatomy and medical terms) and lots of references. The disadvantage are typos (the editor must have had a bad day and was unable to write the German words for the references right, but also some English words are off!) Parts of the text are repeated in the book twice, what I thought is unnecessary and only adds to the number of pages but not the quality of content.

We just found this book a month ago and we are already using it as a required text for our massage students.It is ideal for self-study as well and should be in every bodyworkers library.The information is presented is a very clear, usnderstandable format. Especially impressive is the easy blending of Eastern and Western approaches to anatomy and physiology.The practical applications exercises are pertinent and thought provoking. The color illustrations section is well thought out and gives an uncluttered view of the subject. Overall format lends itself well to use as a single text or as a companion with others. It's the best A and P text I've found yet.

The main problem with this book is that it has quite a few typographical errors, mainly noticable when the author informs us of incorrect locations and/or functions for muscles, bones, etc. Many clear illustrations make this a good resource if you have a reliable "other" book to give you the correct information!

We just found this book a month ago and we are already using it as a required text for our massage students.It is ideal for self-study as well and should be in every bodyworkers library.The information is presented is a very clear, usnderstandable format. Especially impressive is the easy blending of Eastern and Western approaches to anatomy and physiology.The practical applications exercises are pertinent and thought provoking. The color illustrations section is well thought out and gives an uncluttered view of the subject. Overall format lends itself well to use as a single text or as a companion with others. It's the best A and P text I've found yet.

We just found this book a month ago and we are already using it as a required text for out massage students.It is ideal for self-study as well and should be in every bodyworkers library.This is the book I would write if I had one drop of the talent of Sandy and her associates.Buy it now!

I do orthopedic reports daily and this is very helpful to me. I would recommend it to transcriptionists.

The book itself is only a listing of words that you
may encounter in the field, not really any definition or
reference to other places that would help more. But the index is worth its part. Some good references to injuries that you
may see in the rehab field.

The use of the Stedman's word books, this being only one of many, is primarily for those in medical transcription and others (medical authors, editors, proofreaders, etc.) who need an authoritative source on correct spelling and terminology. This is the stated intent of these books, as is clearly spelled out in the foreword of all Stedman's books. This seems important for me to mention here, as at least one reviewer of this book seemed disappointed that there isn't more information.

As a transcriptionist, I assure you that the several hundred pages of cross-referenced terms here are very, very useful in correct transcription of medical dictation. This section includes musculoskeletal terms and rehab terms, which are exactly its stated contents. As usual, Stedman's succeeds beautifully in providing an exhaustive collection of terms relating to the areas of interest presented in this book.

I am a chiropractic student and found this book to be quite helpful. I used this book as a reference in school. I found this book well-written and filled with important info. I also recommend the following which is also sold on amazon.com:
Spinal Anatomy Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers
(ISBN: 0971999600) by Patrick Leonardi
This study guide helped my friends and I get excellent grades in our spinal anatomy class in our chiropractic college. This is because it showed us the type of questions our teacher asked on exams. My advice get the first book as a needed reference for school and get the second book if you want to pass spinal anatomy class with flying colors.

I purchased this book as a general review of OMT .It is very concise and easy to read. It offers only what you need and no more. I found it easy to navigate and pretty complete.
It is an above average pocket guide and excellent refresher.

This is the first "official" book by A. Mosier, but he has really been doing this for years....now it is available to everyone, thankfully...A. Mosier has taken the guess work out of what is important and what is not, this is an absolute must have from day one, it's just lucky for everyone else that he and Dai took the time to complete this collection....don't wait until there out again, because many have been waiting for quite some time.....

I purchased this book for a nursing student. I looked at the cover picture on the publisher's webpage. There wasn't much to go on (for me) to determine the benefits this book will give my recipient, but my hopes are that there will be resource material and topics for research. I invite any one's input, to how best this book will serve purpose to a Registered Nurse. Congratulations, Andrew, on your first book!

I am a chiropractic student and this book is absolutely amazing. Before I bought it I would flip back and forth between my other atlases trying to get a comprehensive understanding of the joints. With this book it explains things in an orderly fashion and is very easy to read. It also has all of the minor ligaments that are much more difficult to find in other books. I HIGHLY recommend it!

I am a chiropractic student and used this book for my spinal anatomy and gross anatomy classes. It made the information easier to understand. My study group and I also used the following which is also on amazon: Spinal Anatomy Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi
ISBN: 0971999600
The study guide had the type of questions that were asked on my spinal anatomy and gross anatomy tests. We all passed the class. These two books are must buys.

I will admit that I have not read this book cover to cover, but I have used it rather as a reference tool, and so far, it has never let me down. It contains an even spread of the simple and the technical when descibing all aspects of the human skeletal system, leaving the reader to find the relevant information. It is well illustrated with simple, labelled line-drawings, rather than the highly detailed renderings of some other texts, making memorisation and reproduction easier for the student. Skeletal anatomy is well covered and well ordered, with references provided. The appendix, which contains "Muscle origins, insertions, innervations, blood supplies and principal actions" is, I believe, one of the books strongest aspects, and is well set out; easy for memorisation.
Students will benefit from this book.

This book helps explore the techniques, however I'd like to see more Q&A with the leaders in the various techique systems. For example, why not interview the leaders of structural techniqes or upper cervical tecniques?

I am not aware of any book that covers the same subject matter. As the authors state from the outset, this book is not an advertisement for any of the techniques described in the book, but rather an honest attempt to describe them as they are. It covers the major techniques in chiropractic according to a common format, so that a patient, a chiropractic student, a chiropractor, or anyone else interested in chiropractic can figure out what it means to be treated using one technique as compared with another.

The writing is formal where it needs to be, but very casual and entertaining in places and in contexts where formality would have been more expected. For me, the best part of the book are the chapter introductions. There are anecdotes and personal observations that really make these techniques come alive, and give us a window into how this book came into being. Cooperstein and Gleberzon obviously love these techniques, even the ones where they could not contain their skepticism. It's all chiropractic to them.
Clearly, as authors, teachers, and researchers, they are in the middle of everthing going on in chiropractic.
The book is wierdly underpriced at about $45.00, a real steal.

I teach chiropractic techniques at a well-known chiropractic college and have not seen a better compendium of technique summaries in print anywhere. This book offers an intelligent and succinct look at the most popular and effective chiropractic analyses and corrective procedures used by the profession. For any health care provider or patient looking for more information on what their chrio is doing, this is THE place to look.

Dr. Jerry I. Hochman

Offers the intriguing hypothesis that the primary cause of many functional and structural disturbances is fixation/adhesion of visceral articulating surfaces. Can be used as a textbook of diagnosis and treatment by those trained in bodywork, especially those familiar with the subtle osteopathic cranial techniques.

This is a must have for anyone interested in abdominal palpation and treatment. The authors convey a vast amount of information in a well organized format. A great companion to Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea.

Mr. Barral and Mercier adds to the osteopathic armamentarium with an easy understandable approach to the viscera and its associated structures as it relates to the body in a mechanical, neuro-logical and chemical manner, making it accesible for manual treatment (which of course should be in context of treating the patient and not the pain). This book is helpfull as a learning tool (for educational support) and a clinical manual.

GATTERMAN DELIVERED AN EXCELLENT TEXT ON THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS IN CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE. THIS IS A MUST FOR STUDENTS AND CLINICIANS BOTH. GREAT REFERENCE! R. ZUNIGA, D.C.

I bought this book while in school, and found it to be the best resource for most of my core classes. It covers EVERYTHING about the practice of Chiropractic...radiology (positioning and analysis), examination, adjusting (different techniques are covered). A MUST have for ANY medical library. A CORE peice for EVERY Chiropractic library.

This is a great book to own - if you do some of the exercises everyday, you'll feel the difference. Of course it's also handy to have around for when you just need to get rid of a pesky backache once in a while. I bought lots of these and gave them to people I cared about who often had back problems - that's how much I like this book.

This book contains many really good stretches that help alleviate pain and some which help to get you going in the morning. The author made all the written directions very clear and easy to follow. The photos are also very helpful. I've been using these stretches for several months, and enjoy them.

This book, by one of the worlds most highly regarded experts in the field of spinal pain management and clinical anatomy is my favourite text relating to low back pain (a close second is Gordon Waddell's 'The Back Pain Revolution', which has a different focus). I have bought every edition of this text since the second, and it keeps getting better and better through the addition of relevant research findings and additional chapters. Anybody familiar with Bogduk's impressive research background will see that the author knows enough to make this text extremely complex, however, he shows his thorough understanding of the subject by making the contents comprehensive yet very accessible, whilst maintaining the precision that has become his hallmark. It is not expensive compared to other books in the field and the diagrams help to make potentially complex topics even more accessible. If I could give the book 6 stars, I would.

Good short book on clinical anatomy and mechanics of the lumbar spine. Very little on pathophysiology. Discusses abnormal movements and rotations contributing to herniated discs. Clinical Biomechanics of the Spine by White/Panjabi and Benzel's Biomechanics of Spine Stabilization are better and more comprehensive.