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Anatomy and Physiology for the Manual Therapies

ISBN: 978-0-470-04496-4

Hardcover

848 pages

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Unique Author Team--Manual therapy students have specific challenges in terms of the A&P foundation they need for their career. This new text combines the recognized strengths of the best selling texts by Gerard J. Tortora in anatomy and physiology with the expertise of Andrew Kuntzman, a certified massage therapist with a Ph.D. in anatomy and an award-winning educator. This unique author team ensures students get accurate content with the emphasis they need for grasping the basics that will set them on their career path.
Focused Approach--There is never enough time to cover all the material in a typical A&P course. Important body systems – skeletal, muscular, and nervous – are fully explored and detailed, while those with less application to a manual therapist’s career, such as digestive or reproductive are less detailed. This focused development means students don’t spend time weeding through material they don’t need.
Relevance to Manual Therapies--Students only take this course because it is a necessary step in the path to their career. Chapter opening Vignettes and distinctive Manual Therapy Applications relate the chapter content to students’ future careers and answer the question “Why do I need to learn this?”
Outstanding Illustrations Program--Manual therapists use visual clues on the body to evaluate their patients, or clients. An outstanding illustration program throughout is highlighted by all new illustrations for the skeletal and muscular systems, including distinctive diagrams indicating origins and insertions. Being able to see the information as well as read about is important when it comes to translating the knowledge into practice.
Clinical Connections--Many times, a therapist is working with a patient who is suffering with a condition or disease. Clinical Connections within each chapter highlight the connections between normal anatomy and physiology and disease conditions that manual therapists will likely encounter in their work
MP3 Downloads – Selected illustrations within the text have an accompanying MP3 file available for download. They are highlighted by an iPod icon. These audio files provide narration and discussion about the illustration and content that it depicts. The MP3 files are available on WileyPlus.
Time management and flexible course management is challenging for the many non-traditional students enrolled in these courses. WileyPLUS offers students and professors flexible options for delivery of course content, as well as significant support for learning the complexities of the human body.