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This book integrates Foundational principles such as the clinical reasoning approach, exercise dosing, and prescription, along with modern perspectives in pain science, threaded throughout the text. These principles are applied with specific examples for a variety of patient demographics.
List of contents
1. Foundational Principles of Treatment
2. Clinical Reasoning Applied to Decision Making
3. Resistance Training - Prescription Principles for the Rehabilitation Provider
4. Manual therapy: Theories, principles, and evidence
5. Shoulder
6. Elbow Pathology
7. Wrist/Hand
8. Hip
9. Knee
10. Foot and Ankle
11. Lumbar Spine
12. Cervical Spine
13. Temporomandibular Disorders
About the author
Eric Chaconas is a physical therapist and strength and conditioning coach, fellowship trained in orthopedic manual physical therapy with 20 years of experience helping individuals recover from musculoskeletal pain and injury. Dr. Chaconas serves as the Associate Dean of Physical Therapy at Bellin College, in Green Bay Wisconsin. His teaching and research interests include topics related to musculoskeletal rehabilitation and exercise prescription.
Dr. Matthew Daugherty is a physical therapist residing in St. Augustine, FL. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Manual Physical Therapists and an orthopedic-certified specialist. He serves as an Associate Professor and the Director of Residency Programs at The University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. He maintains clinical practice and an active scholarly agenda, and he values service to his profession through leadership opportunities.
