Functional Neurology for Practitioners of Manual Therapy

This clinical textbook explores the neurological impact of manual therapies. It explores and explains concepts, relationships and scientific
mechanisms of nervous system function that will aid the clinician in
understanding a wide variety of common patient presentations. The text serves to demystify the clinical results seen by practitioners of manual therapy and scientifically validates the clinical success, as well as
the limitations, of these approaches. This textbook is an ideal reference for health care professionals including neurologists, orthopaedists, chiropractors, osteopaths and physical and occupational therapists.

*Focuses on functional neurology with links to conventional neuroscience

* Includes case studies for each chapter that apply the concepts, relationships and scientific mechanisms of nervous system function to everyday practice

* Contains ‘quick fact’ boxes throughout the text highlighting key learning points

* Fully referenced and evidence-based

* Addresses the scientific validation of the clinical success, as well as the limitations, of the practice of functional neurology

* Explores the neurological impact of functional neurological principles using a detailed clinical approach allowing readers to immediately apply the concepts contained within to practice applications

* Relevant to non-pathological presentations of reduced performance such as the sports person, the foreign language learner, the elderly driver, the competition dancer and the mentally delayed child

* Complete explanations of manipulation techniques and neurological rehabilitation are also included.