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Postural Assessment

Postural Assessment

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Though postural assessment is a skill required by most therapists and useful for many health and fitness professionals, few resources offer a complete discussion of the topic to support practitioners in the task. Written for students and practitioners of massage therapy, physical therapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, sports medicine, athletic training, and fitness instruction, Postural Assessment is a guide to determining muscular or fascial imbalance and whether that imbalance contributes to a patient’s or client’s pain or dysfunction.

Jane Johnson, a practicing physiotherapist and sport massage therapist and instructor, breaks down the complex and holistic process of assessing posture into easy-to-assimilate sections. Johnson begins with a discussion of ideal posture and the factors affecting posture as well as how to provide the correct environment for postural assessment, necessary equipment, and the importance of documenting assessment findings. Then she details procedures for executing postural assessments from standing posterior, lateral, and anterior views as well as with the patient or client in a seated position.

The text features tips for improving assessment technique, and What Your Findings Mean sections provide readers—students in particular—with guidance for systematic analysis. Each chapter ends with five Quick Questions, with answers, to assist in gauging understanding of the topics covered.

Information in the text is enhanced with detailed illustrations that offer visual cues to learning postural assessment and identifying anatomical relationships. Line drawings illustrate bony landmarks used in the assessments, and numerous photos show both obvious and subtle postural variations. Reproducible illustrated postural assessment charts in the appendix provide space for recording observations during each step of the assessment.

Postural Assessment can assist practitioners in learning what posture reveals about the relationships among various body parts and in determining whether such relationships cause or contribute to pain or discomfort. As a resource for novices, Postural Assessment offers guidance in observing and identifying common postural forms and interpreting those observations.

Postural Assessment is part of the Hands-On Guides for Therapists series, which features specific tools for assessment and treatment that fall well within the realm of massage therapists but may be useful for other body workers, such as osteopaths and fitness instructors. The guides include full-color instructional photographs, Tips sections that aid in adjusting massage techniques, Client Talk boxes that present ideas for creatively applying techniques for various types of clients, and questions for testing knowledge and skill.

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9781450400961
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Publication date
2011
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
176
Dimensions (mm)
178.00 x 254.00
Weight (g)
431
  • Part I. Getting Started With Postural Assessment

    Chapter 1. Introduction to Postural Assessment

    What Is Posture?

    What Factors Affect Posture?

    Is There an Ideal Posture?

    Why Should I Do a Postural Assessment?

    Who Should Have a Postural Assessment?

    Where Can Postural Assessment Take Place?

    When Should Postural Assessment Be Done?

    Closing Remarks

    Quick Questions

    Chapter 2. Preparing for Postural Assessment

    Equipment Required

    Time Required

    Postural Assessment Steps

    Standard Alignments

    Documenting Your Findings

    Cautions and Safety Issues

    Closing Remarks

    Quick Questions

    Part II. Carrying Out Postural Assessment

    Chapter 3. Posterior Postural Assessment

    Upper Body

    Lower Body

    Quick Questions

    Chapter 4. Lateral Postural Assessment

    Upper Body

    Lower Body

    Comparing Overall Posture

    Quick Questions

    Chapter 5. Anterior Postural Assessment

    Upper Body

    Lower Body

    An Overall View: Body Shape

    Quick Questions

    Chapter 6. Seated Postural Assessment

    Posterior View

    Lateral View

    Quick Questions

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