In the previous post I had hoped to serve you by discussing my general thoughts and perspective on the Anterior Thorax. This section will be a discussion on some basic assessment techniques and perspectives I regularly utilize for the anterior thorax. When looking at treatment for the anterior thorax, the manual therapist must have a good … [Read more...]
A Day With Gil Hedley Phd.
Live, Love and Make a Difference On a glorious warm sunny day in Vancouver, the weekend before the 3rd International Fascial Congress is to begin, different forms from various movement and therapy disciplines gathered like epiploic appendices into a small, intimate environment to watch, listen, and viscerally experience all that is Gil Hedley … [Read more...]
Offerings of Perspective and Guidance in Providing Treatment: The Thorax Part 1
The Thorax Part 1 In the previous post I discussed my perspective on providing some insight into a sequence of assessment and process of treatment for patients. I touched on my thoughts about certain principles that would safeguard both the manual therapist and their patient and then we discussed the lower extremity ending at the pelvis. In … [Read more...]
Offerings of Perspective and Guidance in Providing Treatment Part 2: The Lumbar Spine
In the previous post, I discussed my perspective on providing some insight into a sequence of assessment and process of treatment for patients. I touched on my thoughts about certain principles that would safeguard both the manual therapist and their patient; then we discussed some basic thoughts on the lower extremity ending at the … [Read more...]
Offerings of Perspective and Guidance in Providing Treatment Part 1:
Recently, I have been receiving requests from manual therapists for case study examples that may give the therapist guidance in providing treatment to their patients. As each condition and each patient is unique, it is quite difficult to choose one or two as examples as a general guideline…it simply doesn’t exist. Rather than discuss a case … [Read more...]