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>&#160;<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>&#160;<br>Readers will learn about:<br>&#160; <b>&#149;</b> &#160;The history and development of long lever techniques<br>&#160; <b>&#149;</b> &#160;Its clinical applications to cervical thoracic rib lumbar sacral and pelvic dysfunction<br>&#160; <b>&#149;</b> &#160;Coccyx and craniococcygeal anatomy evaluation indications and informed consent and documentation<br>&#160; <b>&#149;</b> &#160;How to integrate long lever techniques in practice