About the Book
For more than 20 years, Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation continues to be a most researched resource on complementary and alternative therapies in rehabilitation. This renowned text, now in its Fourth Edition, relates the updated scientific evidence and the clinical efficacy of integrating what have now become well known complementary and alternative therapies in rehabilitation to successfully improve patient outcomes.
This text has been developed to accompany university courses in complementary and alternative therapies, as a reference manual for clinical practices, and as a resource for those interested in the science behind holistic therapies.
Holistic therapies are those therapies not commonly found in allopathic medicine that are intended to stimulate a therapeutic response from both the body – neuromusculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary systems – and the mind. Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition by Dr. Carol M. Davis is particularly designed for those health professionals who want to understand the scientific foundation and peer reviewed research supporting complementary and alternative therapies.
The Fourth Edition is divided into two parts. The beginning chapters describe the latest cellular biology science and explain the theories put forth on the overall mechanisms of action of the effect of these various therapies on the soft tissue, fascia and nervous systems. The first part also chronicles the advancement of scientific research in the various therapies since the 1980’s to explain, in cellular physiology terms, the outcomes observed by using a number of holistic therapies.
The second part presents various therapies commonly integrated with allopathic therapies in rehabilitation – body work therapies, mind/body therapies, and energy work therapies. The text describes each therapy with a history, cellular mechanism of action, and an up-dated reference section of the evidence of efficacy for the therapy as reported in the literature, often concluding with a case example.
Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation, Fourth Edition will be the go-to resource for health professionals to understand the scientific evidence and efficacy of complementary and alternative therapies for rehabilitation and improving patient outcomes.
Table of Contents:
Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors Foreword by Carolee Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA Section I Introduction Introduction to the Fourth Edition Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Chapter 1 Energy Techniques as a Way of Returning Healing to Health Care Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Section II The Science That Supports Complementary Therapies Chapter 2 Psychoneuroimmunology: The Bridge to the Coexistence of Two Paradigms Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Chapter 3 Quantum Physics and Systems Theory: The Science Behind Complementary and Alternative Therapies Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Chapter 4 Advances in the Science of Energy Medicine: Vibration, Photons, and the Zero Point Field Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Chapter 5 Fascia and the Extracellular Matrix: Latest Science Discoveries That Forecast the Importance of This Tissue to Health and Healing Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA Section III Body Work Chapter 6 Myofascial Release: The Missing Link in Traditional Treatment John F. Barnes, PT Chapter 7 Therapeutic Massage and Rehabilitation Janet Kahn, PhD, MT Chapter 8 Craniosacral Therapy Deborah A. Giaquinto-Wahl, MSPT Chapter 9 Complete Decongestive Therapy Barbara Funk, MS, OTR, CHT and Kevin R. Kunkel, PhD, MSPT, MLD-CDT Chapter 10 The Ida Rolf Method of Structural Integration Judith E. Deutsch, PT, PhD, FAPTA Section IV Mind-Body Work Chapter 11 T'ai Chi: Choreography of Body and Mind Jennifer M. Bottomley, PhD, MS, PT Chapter 12 Biofeedback: Connecting the Body and Mind Jennifer M. Bottomley, PhD, MS, PT Chapter 13 Yoga Therapeutics: An Ancient Practice in a Twenty-First Century Setting Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD, RYT Chapter 14 Feldenkrais Method in Rehabilitation: Using Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement to Explore New Movements and Solve Clinical Problems James Stephens, PT, PhD, GCFP and Teresa M. Miller, PT, PhD, GCFP Chapter 15 Pilates Rehabilitation Brent Anderson, PhD, PT, OCS, PMA-CPT Section V Energy Work Chapter 16 Reiki: A Biofield Therapy Sangeeta Singg, PhD, ACN Chapter 17 Qi Gong for Health and Healing Jennifer M. Bottomley, PhD, MS, PT Chapter 18 Acupuncture Theory and Acupuncture-Like Therapeutics in Physical Therapy Patrick J. LaRiccia, MD, MSCE; Kerri Sowers, PT, DPT, NCS; Lynn B. Littman, MA, MAc, LAc, DiplAc; and Mary Lou Galantino, PT, MS, PhD Chapter 19 Dry Needling Jan Dommerholt, PT, DPT, MPS, DAAPM Chapter 20 Therapeutic Touch Ellen Zambo Anderson, PT, MA, GCS Financial Disclosures Index
