Cranial Osteopathic Biomechanics, Pathomechanics and Diagnostics for Practitioners

By Alain Gehin

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The author's numerous years of experience provide the back bone for this indispensable illustrated introduction to osteopathic manipulations of the skull. The aim of this book is to give the practitioner or the student of osteopathy the basic knowledge of biomechanics and cranial pathomechanics. These two subjects are at the heart of all diagnosis and provide the practitioner with the choice of techniques they will use.

. High quality line drawings. Page by page layout of artwork and accompanying text . Describes in a systematic way each cranial bone . Covers in detail the biomechanics of motion of each cranial bone . Provides a manual diagnostic test for each manipulation . Describes effects of pathological change on the cranial sutures

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080451144
• ISBN13: 9780080451145
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.5"