Complementary therapies in rehabilitation : evidence for efficacy in therapy, prevention, and wellness /

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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Thorofare, NJ : SLACK, c2009.
Description:xxi, 409 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8295525
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Other authors / contributors:Davis, Carol M.
ISBN:9781556428661 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1556428669 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editor
  • Contributing Authors
  • Foreword
  • Section I. Introduction to the Third Edition
  • Chapter 1. Energy Techniques as a Way of Returning Healing to Health Care
  • Section II. The Science That Supports Complementary Therapies
  • Chapter 2. Psychoneuroimmunology: The Bridge to the Coexistence of Two Paradigms
  • Chapter 3. Quantum Physics and Systems Theory: The Science Behind Complementary and Alternative Therapies
  • Chapter 4. Advances in the Science of Energy Medicine: Vibration, Photons and the Zero Point Field
  • Section III. Body Work
  • Chapter 5. Therapeutic Massage and Rehabilitation
  • Chapter 6. Craniosacral Therapy
  • Chapter 7. Myofascial Release: The Missing Link in Traditional Treatment
  • Chapter 8. Complete Decongestive Therapy
  • Chapter 9. The Ida Rolf Method of Structural Integration
  • Section IV. Mind/Body Work
  • Chapter 10. Trsquo;ai Chi: Choreography of Body and Mind
  • Chapter 11. Biofeedback: Connecting the Body and Mind
  • Chapter 12. Yoga Therapeutics: An Ancient Practice in a 21st Century Setting
  • Chapter 13. The Alexander Technique
  • Chapter 14. Feldenkrais Method in Rehabilitation: Using Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement to Explore New Possibilities
  • Chapter 15. Pilates Rehabilitation
  • Section V. Energy Work
  • Chapter 16. Reiki: An Alternative and Complementary Healing Therapy
  • Chapter 17. Qi Gong for Health and Healing
  • Chapter 18. Magnets: What Is the Evidence of Efficacy?
  • Chapter 19. Acupuncture Theory and Acupuncture-Like Therapeutics in Physical Therapy
  • Chapter 20. Therapeutic Touch
  • Chapter 21. Distance Healing
  • Chapter 22. Biomedical Applications of Low-Energy
  • Index