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Student Edition
Instructor Edition
Kinesiology for Manual Therapies

Nancy W. Dail, Downeast School of Massage
Tim A. Agnew, Timothy Agnew Therapy
R. T. Floyd, University of West Alabama

ISBN: 0073402079
Copyright year: 2011

Table of Contents



PART ONE INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL KINESIOLOGY

1 Foundations of Structural Kinesiology

2 Neuromuscular Fundamentals

3 Basic Biomechanical Factors and Concepts

PART TWO UPPER EXTREMITIES

4 The Shoulder Girdle—Dynamic Stability for the Shoulder Joint

5 Dimensional Massage Techniques for the Shoulder Girdle Muscles

6 The Shoulder Joint

7 Deep-Tissue Techniques for the Shoulder Joint Muscles

8 The Elbow and Radioulnar Joints

9 The Radioulnar Riddle: Techniques for Repetitive Action

10 The Wrist and Hand Joints

11 Unwinding the Soft Tissues of the Forearm: Dimensional Massage Techniques for the Muscles of the Hand and Wrist

12 Concepts of Muscular Analysis and Clinical Flexibility of the Upper Extremities

PART THREE TRUNK

13 The Trunk and Spinal Column

14 The Balancing Act: Structural Perspectives of the Head and Neck and Dimensional Massage Techniques

PART FOUR LOWER EXTREMITIES

15 The Hip Joint and Pelvic Girdle

16 Deep Tissue of the Low Back and Posterior Pelvis

17 The Knee Joint

18 Dimensional Massage Techniques for the Muscles of the Thigh and Knee Joint

19 The Ankle and Foot Joints

20 Dimensional Massage Techniques for the Muscles of the Leg, Ankle, and Foot

21 Muscular Analysis of the Trunk and Lower-Extremity Exercises

Appendix A: References & Resources

Appendix B: Downeast School of Massage


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