A collection of commissioned Masterclass articles originally published in the journal Manual Therapy in the years 1995 - 2002. The collection has been compiled and edited and includes updating "postscripts" to the original papers in which the original authors summarise the developments in their related research and clinical practice whch have taken place since the papers were first published.

Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Preface


Section 1 Cervical Spine
1 Management of cervical headache
Postscript
Dr Gwendolen Jull

2 Spinal manipulative thrust technique using combined movement therapy
Postscript
Dr Christopher J. McCarthy

Section 2 Thoracic Spine
3 Rotational instability of the mid thoracic spine: Assessment and management
Postscript
Ms Diane G. Lee

Section 3 Lumbar Spine
4 Muscle control - pain control: What exercises would you prescribe?
Postscript
Dr Carolyn A. Richardson, Dr Gwen Jull

5 Lumbar segmental 'instability': clinical presentation and specific stabilizing
exercise management
Dr Peter B. O'Sullivan

6 Nerve trunk pain: physical diagnosis and treatment
Postscript
Mr Toby M. Hall, Mr Robert L. Elvey

7 Patient positioning and spinal locking for lumbar spinal rotation manipulation
Dr Peter Gibbons, Dr Philip Tehan

8 The management of low back pain in pregnancy
Mr Stephen E. Sandler

9 Lumbar spine: Chronic back and leg pain
Ms Jenny McConnell

10 Use of real-time ultrasound imaging for feedback in rehabilitation
Dr Julie Hides, Dr Carolyn A. Richardson, Dr Gwen Jull
Postscript

Section 4
SI Joint
11 Sacroiliac dysfunction in dancers with low back pain
Dr Lawrence DeMann Jr.

Section 5
General
12 Functional stability re-training: principles and strategies for managing mechanical dysfunction
Postscript
Mark Comerford, Ms Sarah L. Mottram

13 The Mulligan concept: Its application in the management of spinal conditions
Ms Linda Exelby

14 The role of physiotherapy in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Postscript
Dr Kim Bennell, Dr Karim Khan, Dr Heather A. McKay

15 Fear of movement/(re)injury, avoidance and pain disability in chronic low back pain patients
Postscript
Professor Johan W. S. Vlaeyen, Dr Geert Crombez

Index

Section 4 SI Joint
11 Sacroiliac dysfunction in dancers with low back pain
Dr Lawrence DeMann Jr.

Section 5 General
12 Functional stability re-training: principles and strategies for managing mechanical dysfunction
Postscript
Mark Comerford, Ms Sarah L. Mottram
13 The Mulligan concept: Its application in the management of spinal conditions
Ms Linda Exelby
14 The role of physiotherapy in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Postscript
Dr Kim Bennell, Dr Karim Khan, Dr Heather A. McKay
15 Fear of movement/(re)injury, avoidance and pain disability in chronic low back pain patients
Postscript
Professor Johan W. S. Vlaeyen, Dr Geert Crombez
Index