Mosby's stretching pocket guide

✍ Scribed by Anderson, Sandra K

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From basic static stretches to advanced techniques like the pin-and-stretch, Mosby's Stretching Pocket Guide defines and explains stretching and flexibility in a way that is both applicable to manual therapy professionals and easily understood by manual therapy students. Presented in an atlas format with over 200 illustrations, this convenient reference has Spotlight boxes with salient points, and general assessment and stretching guidelines available in a clear, easy to understand format that is immediately applicable to manual therapy practice. Over 200 detailed line drawings and photos dem.;Front cover; Mosby's Stretching Pocket Guide; Copyright; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; 1 Principles behind stretching; Definition of terms; Factors affecting flexibility; Stretching; Benefits and cautions of stretching; Cautions; Hypermobility; Contraindications and other cautions; Benefits of stretching on soft tissue; Properties of soft tissue; Connective tissue, muscles, and stretching; Compensation; Physiology behind stretching; Joints; Muscle tissue; Microscopic effect of stretching a muscle; Proprioceptors; Major categories of stretching; Static stretching

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover
Mosby's Stretching Pocket Guide
Copyright
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
1 Principles behind stretching
Definition of terms
Factors affecting flexibility
Stretching
Benefits and cautions of stretching
Cautions
Hypermobility
Contraindications and other cautions
Benefits of stretching on soft tissue
Properties of soft tissue
Connective tissue, muscles, and stretching
Compensation
Physiology behind stretching
Joints
Muscle tissue
Microscopic effect of stretching a muscle
Proprioceptors
Major categories of stretching
Static stretching Dynamic stretchingBallistic stretching
References
2 Basic stretching techniques
Guidelines for successful stretching
Muscle relaxation
Warming the tissues
Minimum force
Breath
Duration
Safe and effective stretching methods
Stretching procedures
Overstretching
Reasoning and application
How stretches can be reasoned out instead of memorized
Multiplane stretching
Isolating a stretch to one target muscle
Stretching other target tissues
Direct tissue stretching
Longitudinal stretching
Basic longitudinal stretching
Separating the ends of tissue to lengthen it Active assisted longitudinal stretchingUsing compression with longitudinal stretching
Cross-directional stretching
Basic static stretching techniques
References
3 Basic static stretching atlas
Neck
Neck circles
Neck lateral flexion
Neck lateral flexion with rotation
Neck forward flexion
Wrist and hand
Flip Wrist
Interlace fingers and mobilize WRIST
Metacarpal scissors
Pull and circumduct fingers
Arm and shoulder
Arm pull
Shoulder circles
Spine
Spinal twist I
Spinal twist II
Spinal twist III
Spinal twist IV
Hip and knee
Leg pull
Leg rock
Hip clock stretch
Hip circles Hip flexionGroin stretch
Heel to hip
Hip hyperextension
Ankle and foot
Plantar flexion
Dorsiflexion
Metatarsal scissors
Pull and circumduct toes
4 Advanced stretching techniques
Pin and stretch
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation
Contract relax
Antagonist contract
Contract relax antagonist contract
Active isolated stretching
Muscle energy techniques
Principles of muscle energy techniques
Breathing and eye movement
Methods
Pulsed muscle energy procedures
Examples of stretching
References
5 Stretching for self-care
Principles of stretching for self-care
Stretches

✦ Subjects

Exercise therapy;Stretching exercises;Electronic books