TEXTBOOK OF CHIROPRACTIC BIOMECHANICAL AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION

Textbook of Chiropractic Biomechanical and Functional Evaluation

Radiographic Analysis, Palpation, and Clinical Assessment

Black Book Series, Volume 7

A radiograph shows the structure of the spine. It cannot show whether that structure is interfering with the nervous system. This textbook teaches the chiropractor how to answer both questions and how to bring the answers together into a single clinical decision.

Drawing on more than 25 years of clinical practice and teaching, Jiro Yamahata, BCSc., presents a complete system of chiropractic evaluation built on two pillars. The first is full spine radiographic and biomechanical analysis. It covers radiographic technique, film marking and reference lines, pelvic and sacral analysis, the femur head and shoe lift, and the complete listing system from the lumbar spine to the occipital condyles. The second is chiropractic neurological functional assessment. It covers FSDT leg length analysis, FIA isolation testing and Functional Cranial Assessment, each presented as a way of reading the nervous system's own responses.

Across 28 chapters and five parts, the book covers:

• The philosophical foundations of straight chiropractic and the vertebral subluxation complex
• The Level Foundation Principle and the six stages of disc degeneration
• Full spine radiography, from patient positioning to exposure charts
• AS, PI, In, Ex and compound ilium misalignments
• Lumbar, thoracic, cervical, atlas, axis and occipital listings with contact points
• Motion palpation, fixation and the nervoscope
• The bulbo-reticular facilitatory-inhibitory mechanism
• Integrating mechanical and neurological findings in clinical practice

It includes 36 reference tables and a glossary. Written for chiropractic students and practitioners who want to find the subluxation, not just the misalignment.