Chiropractic: Books

3rd edition - Chiropractic Technique makes it easy to understand essential procedures and provides a rationale for their use. This bestseller describes the basic principles needed to evaluate, select, and apply specific adjustive procedures. With a review of chiropractic history, detailed descriptions of joint examination and adjustive techniques for the spine, pelvis, and extremities.

This chapter describes the mechanisms, application, and effects of the most common manual therapies and nontraditional treatments for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS).

This chapter describes frequently encountered disorders seen in the athlete population and describes the most common manipulative and instrument-assisted techniques that are currently used. Of equal significance are the contraindications for spinal manipulation and the role of the chiropractic physician in the skills of differential diagnosis to rule out other conditions or medical causes not related to spinal misalignments.