Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques

by Carolyn Kisner PT MS, Lynn Allen Colby PT MS, John Borstad PT PhD

The premier text for therapeutic exercise!
Here is all the guidance you need to customize interventions for individuals with movement dysfunction. You’ll find the perfect balance of theory and clinical technique—in-depth discussions of the principles of therapeutic exercise and manual therapy and the most up-to-date exercise and management guidelines. Full-color videos show you how!
A complete video library of basic therapeutic exercises and techniques online at www.Davis Plus .com shows you how to achieve the best results for range of motion, stretching, joint mobilization, resistance, and spinal stabilization. You will also find supplemental tables and boxes and a glossary. See what students and practitioners are saying online about the previous edition… Great book… “with great explanation , descriptions and pictures to describe the various interventions that can be used for specific patient complaints or conditions. Highly recommended!”— Natalie B. Martinez Great Standard. “This book is a must have for any orthopedic physical therapist. Now it is even better with ICF information in it.”— R.F. Sousa Good buy. “Initially bought this book for PT school. It's quite substantial. Most definitely one of the books I do not plan to sell after I am done with the program. Would recommend.”— Talisa Swanson

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Textbooks, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy

1128 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1990

Reviews

[MohamadAli Halwani · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read some dispersed chapters of it, as a student i can say it's a smooth textbook, easily comprehensible, and accurate enough to rely on.
I would totally recommend it to physiotherapy students <3

[Nouf Almuwianea]

amazing

[Pherpher]

i want to read