Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy

Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner's Manual

Table Of Contents 

• The Biopsychosocial Model
• Spinal Stability: Mechanism of Injury and Restabilization
• Where is the pain coming from?
• Exercise Science Principles
• The Functional Pathology of the Motor System

• Diagnostic Triage: History, Examination & Special Tests
• Physical Examination of the Muscular System
• Outcomes Management
• Assessment of Psycho-social Factors Pain Patients
• Quantitative Physical Performance Evaluation
• Quantitative Functional Capacity Evaluation of the Spine Pain Patient
• Pre-employment Screening and Functional Capacity Evaluation for Determining Safe Return to Work
• Decision Making in Clinical Assessment of the Pain Patient: Integrating Functional and Pathoanatomic Approaches

• Patient Reactivation
• The McKenzie Approach for Acute Pain Relief
• Biopsychosocial Reactivation of the Acute Pain Patient
• Brügger Methods in Postural Centration
• Soft Tissue Manipulation Techniques
• Post-isometric Relaxation Techniques
• Neuromobilization Techniques
• Manipulation Techniques for Key Joints

• Integration and Selection of Rehabilitation Techniques
• Sensory-motor Training
• Segmental (local) Spinal Stabilization Training
• Functional Spine (neck & low back) Stabilization Training for Activities of Daily Living
• Global Muscle Stabilization Training
• Advanced Weight Training Approaches From a Stability Perspective
• Facilitation of Agonist-Antagonist Co-activation by Reflex Stimulation Methods
• Yoga Exercises
• The Biobehavorial Approach

• An Integrated Approach to Regional Disorders - Liebenson
• Managing Common Syndromes and Finding the Key Link
• The Lower Quarter
• The Lumbar Spine & Pelvis
• The Thoracic Spine & Rib Cage
• The Cervical Spine & Orofacial Region
• The Upper Quarter

• The Practitioner's Role
• Core Competencies for Conservative Care Specialists Working as Part of a Multidisciplinary Team
• From Guidelines to Practice: What is the Practitioner's Role