Mobilisation of the Nervous System

Book info: Mobilisation of the Nervous System (Hardcover, 288 pages) – Churchill Livingstone, 1991. Language: English.

Describes an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique. A controversial book which broadens the horizons of manual therapy to embrace adverse tension in the nervous system. Clinical reasoning processes are associated with a new understanding of the nervous system as a dynamic continuum. He introduces new tension tests and refined versions of standard tests.

• Describes and supports an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique

The author has been strongly influenced by the Maitland approach - this book is an extension of that school of thought

• Use of new tension tests is extended beyond diagnosis to successful treatment

Provides a better understanding of many commonly encountered syndromes