Fascial dysfunction is now recognised as one of the main underlying
causes of musculoskeletal pain leading to impaired and reduced mobility.
These are the symptoms which confront all practitioners of manual
therapy in their everyday practice. In this second edition of his very
successful book, Leon Chaitow brings together contributions from 20
leading practitioners and researchers from many different fields of
manual therapy. Fascial Dysfunction - Manual Therapy Approaches, Second
Edition aims to help those practitioners to assess more precisely the
dysfunction of their clients and its cause and to increase practitioner
awareness of the various techniques which may help them in their
attempts to alleviate their clients' problems.
New features of the Second edition include:
Descriptions of new research evidence and its implications for practice:
The dependence of collagen health on a mixture of balanced internal and
external tension
The importance of adequate hydration
The possible role of the telocyte
The importance of 'dosage' of therapies in management of fascial
dysfunction
New chapters on:
Gua Sha and cupping
Global postural re-education
Scar remodelling
The book is in two sections. Section I, written by Chaitow with a
contribution by Tom Myers, presents a review of the current
understanding of the function of fascia in the human body and describes
what can go wrong - the causes and effects of fascial dysfunction and
disease, and how to assess the problem and remove obstacles to the
success of treatment.
Section II contains chapters by experts in different types of manual
therapy including three by Chaitow. Each practitioner describes their
own approach to the problem of assessing and treating fascial
dysfunction and explains their specialist therapeutic approach. These
approaches include: Bowen Therapy Connective Tissue Manipulation and
Skin Rolling Fascia oriented training applications in sports and
movement therapy The Fascial Manipulation(R) method applied to low back
pain Fascial Unwinding Balanced Ligamentous Tension Technique Gua sha
(press-stroking) and Ba guan (cupping): traditional East Asian
instrument- assisted manual therapies Muscle Energy Techniques (MET)
Myofascial Induction Therapy (MIT(R)) Neuromuscular Technique and
associated Soft Tissue Manipulation Modalities Positional Release
Techniques - (including counterstrain) Global Postural Re-education:
Souchard Method Rolfing(R) Structural Integration Management of Scars
and Adhesions Manual Matrix Remodeling in myofascial injuries: scar
modeling technique Massage Therapy and Fascia Trigger Point release
methods including dry needling
