OPTP 8758 Integrating Manual Therapy & Pain Neuroscience Book with Twelve Principles for Treating the Body & The Brain

This new first-of-its-kind text shows how the integration of manual therapy and pain science can help clinicians provide better treatment and improve patient outcomes.

The modern clinician faces more challenges than ever before, including a worldwide pain epidemic and skepticism among critics about the efficacy of hands-on treatment. This book, written by four renowned physical therapists and pain neuroscientists, provides techniques that combine manual therapy and pain neuroscience to help practitioners meet the many challenges modern therapists face by treating the body and the brain.

Complete with current research, Integrating Manual Therapy and Pain Neuroscience uses 12 principles of treatment to show how concepts like hypoalgesia, placebo, neuroplasticity, sensory discrimination, body schema, and therapeutic alliance can powerfully influence the outcome of manual techniques.

• Author: Adriaan Louw, Emilio Puentedura, Stephen Schmidt and Kory Zimney