The human pelvis has recently become a focus for a considerable amount of new research which is relevant to manual therapy practice. In particular, movement within the pelvis is now being recognised and studied in relation to its role in maintaining stability in the vertebral column and subsequent implications for the prevention and treatment of low back pain.

This controversial book broadens the horizons of manual therapy to embrace adverse tension in the nervous system. Injury can impair the mobility and elasticity of the nervous system, which are both essential features of normal body movement. The author contends that the clinical consequences of altered nervous system biomechanics are unrecognised and that many disorders attributed to mus...

Une collection de nouvelles compositions au tabla égyptien et de solos à la percussion pour danse orientale. Une large palette de rythmes d'Egypte et du Moyen-Orient au Maroc, auxquels s'ajoutent de nouveaux rythmes de danse égyptienne composés par Hossam Ramzy. Pour chaque solo, des textes explicatifs sont fournis à l'intention des danseuses en ce qui concerne les rythmes, les indicatio...

This book explores the origins of qi, its workings, and the variety of its expressions and manifestations. These include methods of healing touch (acupuncture, shiatsu, do in, reiki); manifestations of energy, form, and spirit (tai chi, pa kua, hsing i, budo, aikido, iaido); and expressions of understanding and following nature (feng shui). Each topic is presented in lucid prose and acco...

Neale's Common Foot Disorders is recognised internationally as an essential textbook and reference source for podiatrists and chiropodists - for students and established practitioners alike. In this new edition the editors have again provided an up-to-date overview of the practice of podiatry - the pathology and presenting features of the common conditions encountered, their diagnosis an...

The technique has played an important part in my life, not only as a guide to physical management and health, but because I am by temperament disposed to examine and probe its psychological aspects. What Alexander called "inhibition", abandonment of bodily effort and conscious management which some other techniques call "non-doing", has helped me through many a difficult situation. A wri...