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Long Description
Dr. Chaitow provides practitioners and students with a working knowledge
of the diagnostic and therapeutic use of neuro-muscular, muscle energy
and strain-counterstrain techniques, and covers a number of additional
individual techniques and systems involving reflex points and trigger points.
About the Author(s) of Soft-Tissue Manipulation
Leon Chaitow is a practicing osteopath, naturopath, and acupuncturist
who has served as director of postgraduate studies at the British Naturopathic
and Osteopathic College and as consulting editor to the Journal of Alternative
Medicine. He is the author of several books on health and alternative
medicine for both lay and professional readers including The Acupuncture
Treatment of Pain, Amino Acids in Therapy, and Candida Albicans.
He also lectures internationally.
Praise for Soft-Tissue Manipulation
"Chaitow is a visionary in bringing together different alternative and complementary health systems and points of view into a form that offers new therapeutic possibilities."
Robert King, American Massage Therapy Association
Robert King, American Massage Therapy Association
"A completely up-to-date and indispensable textbook for students and therapists of all schools."
American Journal of Acupuncture
American Journal of Acupuncture
