Modern Neuromuscular Techniques

Leon Chaitow ND DO is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books, including a series on Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation (Muscle Energy Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Modern Neuromuscular Techniques) and also Palpation Skills; Cranial Manipulation: Theory and Practice; Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioner's Guide to Treatment, and many more. He is editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.

• 1 Soft tissue distress 2 Introduction to NMT3 Myofascial trigger points and other reflex phenomena4 The variety of reflex points 5 Diagnostic methods 6 Basic spinal NMT7 Basic abdominal and pelvic NMT application 8 Associated techniques 9 NMT in clinical use10 American neuromuscular therapy (Judith DeLany)11 Progressive inhibition of neuromusculoskeletal structures (PINS) technique (Dennis J Dowling)12 Thai massage and neuromuscular technique (Howard Evans)Appendix: Nimmo, Chiropractic and myofascial pain (Jeffrey Cohen, Russell W Gibbons, Michael Schneider and Howard Vernon)