Long Lever Techniques

<b>A full-color introductory guide to a revolutionary new osteopathic treatment: a direct manual medicine approach for reestablishing cranial rhythmic impulse, improving primary respiration mechanism, and restoring potency at the site of dysfunction.</b><br><br>In the first book to discuss the long lever technique, Bobby Nourani, DO, introduces a manual medicine treatment for treating somatic dysfunction, reducing pain, and manipulating the body for effective and efficient healing. Written for professionals--osteopaths, physicians, bodyworkers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, craniosacral therapists, and other practitioners who want to integrate osteopathic techniques into an existing practice--<i>Long Lever Techniques</i> focuses on how we can mobilize interconnected structures to positively restore the body to better health and function.<br> <br>The long lever approach--using the arm or leg as lever and fulcrum to mobilize an area of somatic dysfunction--is a manual application of corrective force that can be applied once or multiple times. It has wide-ranging applications, from pain reduction to autonomic rebalancing to improved respiration rate, and is presented with full-color photos and illustrations so that medical professionals can put it into practice quickly.<br> <br>Readers will learn about:<br>  <b>•</b>  The history and development of long lever techniques<br>  <b>•</b>  Its clinical applications to cervical, thoracic, rib, lumbar, sacral, and pelvic dysfunction<br>  <b>•</b>  Coccyx and craniococcygeal anatomy, evaluation, indications, and informed consent and documentation<br>  <b>•</b>  How to integrate long lever techniques in practice