This classic text has become one of the foundation texts for all modern manual therapists. Maitlands Concept of Manipulative Therapy is established as one of the standard approaches to spinal manipulative techniques, and Maitlands Vertebral Manipulation is an indispensable and authoritative guide to this approach.
Introduction The doctors role in diagnosis and prescribing vertebral manipulation Communication Assessment Prognosis Examination Principles of techniques Selection of techniques Application of techniques Cervical spine thoracic spine Lumbar spine Sacroiliac region Sacroiliac joint Symphysis pubis Sacrococcygeal and intercoccygeal regions Examples of treatment Physiotherapy for animals. Appendices: Movement diagram theory and compiling a movement diagram Clinical examples of movement diagrams Examination refinements and movement diagrams Clinical tips