An Essential Text for Physical Therapists to Learn to Treat Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders Affecting the Soft Tissues and Joints This essential text draws upon the history of mechanical disorders to provide physical therapists and other clinicians with techniques to successfully treat extremity musculoskeletal conditions through mechanical means. Clinicians empowered with information help patients become involved in managing their own return to health. Rarely discussed concepts are presented in straightforward language and are supported by over 107 photographs, illustrations and diagrams. Chapters in The Human Extremities: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy include: Musculoskeletal Problems - Soft Tissue Properties - Pain - Mechanical Diagnosis - History - Physical Examination - Assessment of Symptomatic and Mechanical Presentations and Responses - Patient Management - Management and Self-Treatment - Common Disorders - Clinical Reasoning Written by Robin McKenzie and Dr. Stephen May. Illustrated. Softcover; 320 pages. Published On: 2024-02-27 The ability to treat musculoskeletal disorders affecting the soft tissues and joints of the body is a relatively modern concept. In the past, pain, stiffness and injury were simply tolerated until the body adapted or broke down completely. Repetitive Strain Injury, ‘housemaid’s knee’, tennis elbow and generally physical dysfunction were accepted as part of life’s ageing process. However, improved social structure and treatment for these conditions mean that people expect to be able to regain good health, and want instant remedies for their pain. Numerous health care providers ― family physicians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopaths and osteopaths, among others ― treat the painful symptoms of musculoskeletal conditions. These practitioners are sometimes loath to admit defeat when the patient does not respond to traditional treatment. Patients put their clinician in charge of curing their conditions and expect them to “do something”. Often the patient is the first to give up, resigned to the belief that they cannot regain their physical health. The authors draw upon current published scientific evidence which overwhelmingly identifies controlled movement and exercise as the most effective means of alleviating pain and restoring function in patients with common musculoskeletal disorders. This latest text by Robin McKenzie and co-author Stephen May, allows the clinician to provide the same self-treatment philosophy and management strategies first described in McKenzie’s text The Lumbar Spine, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy. These rarely discussed concepts are presented in straightforward language and are supported with over 100 photographs and illustrations. Other books by Robin McKenzie include Treat Your Own Back , Treat Your Own Neck , The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy , and The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy . Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT The late Robin McKenzie was a renowned spinal expert and an authority on the treatment of lower back and neck pain. His method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) is taught by clinicians around the world. MDT, along with his heralded series of books and lumbar supports has helped hundreds of thousands of people achieve freedom from back, neck, shoulder and knee pain. For over 50 years, The McKenzie Method® has put the power in the patient's hands, utilizing education and self-treatment strategies to provide long-lasting relief from pain. Mechanical disorders affecting the soft tissues and joints of the human extremities are encountered daily by general practice physicians, physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths and a myriad of alternative health care providers. Whether the problems arise subsequent to injury or from inflammatory or degenerative processes, the consequences are pain, stiffness and limitation of function or activity, or all of these. The duration of impairment, pain or disability can vary from a few days in the case of minor injury to months or even years in some conditions. Fortunately all living bodies, human and animal, have remarkable capacity to heal and repair. Animals in the wild can recover and survive from apparently catastrophic injury. Skeletal remains of prehistoric man show similar ability to survive both injury and degeneration. The natural healing process has allowed living thigs to recover from all but fatal injury. The remodeling of soft tissue and bone alike is evidence of the body’s inherent capacity to repair, adapt and survive. Used Book in Good Condition