About the Authors Foreword to the Fourth Edition Foreword to the Third Edition Foreword to the Second Edition Preface Dedication Acknowledgments

SECTION 1 PRINCIPLES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE Introduction to Section 1 1. Clinical Reasoning in Musculoskeletal Medicine 2. Soft Tissues of the Musculoskeletal System 3. Soft Tissue Healing 4. Musculoskeletal Medicine Treatment Techniques

SECTION 2 PRACTICE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE Introduction to Section 2 5. The Shoulder 6. The Elbow 7. The Wrist and Hand 8. The Cervical Spine 9. The Thoracic Spine 10. The Hip 11. The Knee 12. The Ankle and Foot 13. The Lumbar Spine 14. The Sacroiliac Joint

SECTION 3: PRACTICAL RESOURCES Appendix 1: Assessment Tools: Star Diagrams; Proforma for Lumbar Spine Assessment Appendix 2: Safety Recommendations Appendix 3 :Course Information

Glossary Index

• Review questions and case scenarios at the end of each chapter to revise key principles of the approach
• Updates on tendinopathy management (including optimal loading), cervical arterial dysfunction, spinal clinical models and manipulation
• Over 250 new illustrations and photographs

• New taster video clips demonstrating assessment and treatment techniques
• Self-assessment section
• Image bank

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