Manual Mobilization of the Joints, Volume II: The Spine

Freddy Kaltenborn’s Manual Mobilization of the Joints, Vol. II: The Spine, is a valuable resource for therapists and students of manual mobilization.The updated seventh edition presents many further clarifications for ease of learning and includes a video download of the techniques with more than 165 video clips. The videos allow the therapist to observe subtleties in movement, timing and positioning performed by a skilled master clinician.The book provides assessment and treatment techniques that are clearly illustrated, showing patient positioning, stabilization of the patient and therapist hand placement. It also contains an expanded description of objectives, advanced techniques and grades of translatoric movement. Progression from a test maneuver to a mobilization technique is clearly demonstrated.Chapters in this popular text from Freddy Kaltenborn include:OMT Nordic SystemSpinal movementTranslatoric joint playTests of functionOMT evaluationSpinal joint mobilizationOMT treatmentSpinal syndromesTechnique principles for the pelvis, lumbar spine, thoracic spine and ribs, cervical spine, upper cervical spine and jawManual therapy educationReferencesWritten by Freddy M. Kaltenborn in collaboration with Olaf Evjenth, Traudi Baldauf Kaltenborn, Dennis Morgan and Eileen Vollowitz. Illustrated. Softcover; 360 pages. 7th ed. Published On: 2023-01-18 Read more