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Posturologia Integrata

Complete Technical-Scientific Handbook

ISBN: 979-12-80189-86-8
Number of pages: 1636
Bibliographic Entries: 1280
Professional Training: Includes a 6 Hour 30 Minute Video Course

The Best of the Past and the Foundations of the Future in Posturology

Modern Posturology

The study of posturology requires dedication and mental flexibility, since understanding it means an almost total reset of dogmatic, linear scientific beliefs, given that it is a highly complex system.

To define the complexity of the human organism, it is enough to remember that the zygote results from a male gamete and a female gamete, where 1 + 1 equals not 2 but 50 trillion cells. Students, healthcare professionals and others who approach this wonderful discipline must understand from the outset how necessary it is to have clear theoretical concepts, based on knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of receptors, but also of the neuroscience principles governing upright posture and static-dynamic imbalance, as well as the embryological relations with the adult system. Only by studying normality is it possible to understand pathology.

The Gold Standard in Posturology

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Over 20 Years of Systematic Review

Writing this work took about 20 years of continuous observation and recording of postural and functional changes in patients, of tireless work that was most often empirical but always driven by a logical and reasonable modus operandi, as well as the consultation of texts and articles on past works that are nonetheless extremely topical. This posturology handbook was born to meet the needs of anyone who, with an open mind, decides to learn or to question their own beliefs, in order to improve their specialist professional work, thereby meeting the needs of all patients and their own as healthcare professionals. Every piece of information in this handbook aims to present posturological concepts simply but not trivially, so that they can be memorised permanently.

An extraordinary journey into understanding

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1230 Original Images in the Text

Il volume comprende oltre 1200 complementi iconografici, realizzati appositamente e integrati nel testo per garantire coerenza grafica e didattica con i contenuti trattati.

Contents

The most important and complete text on Posturologia Integrata®. A reference point for physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, kinesiologists, posturologists and physicians.

Historical notes on evidence-based medicine: levels of evidence and the concept of validity in research.
Epidemiology and its usefulness in posturology.
Collecting, organising and analysing data.
Bias, confounding factors, risk factors and outcome.
Neurophysiological basis of postural control and balance.
Posture as a complex mechanism and its regulatory elements.
Regulatory elements of posture.
The difference between stability and balance.
Postural reflexes: local static reflexes, segmental static reflexes, general static reflexes and visual reflexes.
Static posture and dynamic posture.
Neurophysiology of the autonomic nervous system.
Neurophysiological basis of the correlation between the fine postural tonic system and the trigeminal system.
Biomechanical, biodynamic and bioenergetic models, and the differences between measuring, assessing and observing.
Biomechanical model: planes and axes in statics and dynamics, optimal static model, optimal gait model and pathological statics.
Bioenergetic model: introduction to Posturologia Integrata®, how, when and why to use it.
Biodynamic model: introduction to Posturologia Integrata®, how, when and why to use it.
Definition of complexity: the difference between complicated and complex, between compensation and adaptation, between correlated and non-correlated systems, and between pseudo-linear and complex postural assessment according to Deidda.
PTS: interrogation, perturbation, search for attractors.
Tensegrity (Ingber's theory).
Reductionism–Conventionalism–Transdisciplinarity compared.
The fine Postural Tonic System: definition, characteristics and neurophysiology.
Visual receptor, eye: anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomy, embryology, symptomatic and pathological influences, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Podal receptor, foot: anatomy, joint physiology, neuroanatomy, embryology, symptomatic and pathological influences, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Assessing shoes, insoles or orthotics, and choosing insoles.
Dento-occlusal receptor, tooth: anatomy, physiology, embryology, symptomatic and pathological influences, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Dento-occlusal receptor, mandible: anatomy, ossification, joint relations, ligament relations, muscle relations and vascular-nerve relations.
Dento-occlusal receptor, maxillary bone: anatomy, ossification, joint relations, ligament relations, muscle relations and vascular-nerve relations.
Dento-occlusal receptor, temporal bone: anatomy, ossification, joint relations, ligament relations, muscle relations, fascial relations and vascular-nerve relations.
Physiology of swallowing: oral phase, pharyngeal phase, oesophageal phase and protective mechanisms of the oesophageal mucosa.
Physiology of chewing: oropharynx, masticatory muscles and occlusion, and mechanisms of salivary secretion.
Swallowing receptor, tongue: anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomy, embryology, symptomatic and pathological influences, palatal spot, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Skin receptor, integumentary system: anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomophysiology, embryology, scars, symptomatic and pathological influences, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Symptomatic and pathological influences of a dysfunctional skin receptor and its postural repercussions.
Auricular receptor, ear: anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomy, embryology, symptomatic and pathological influences, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Parasitic co-causes: first-rib block, coccyx block, tibiofibular syndesmosis block, pubic symphysis block and reactive dental foci.
Microgalvanism and Polymetallism: definition, classification, assessment methods and treatment methods.
Auricular medicine and auriculotherapy: definition, auriculotherapy models, concha, antihelix, helix, somatotopy, and the difference between organ point and master point.
Complete posturological examination: examinations, tests, research and assessment.
Quantum examination in the postural field: theories, concepts, principles, dualism, programming and practice.
Osteopathic examination in the postural field: the difference between permitted and present movement, holistic change and Porges' polyvagal theory.
Auricular Medicine Examination: introduction, maps of auricular acupuncture points and auricular energy.
WHO recognition of the medical practice of auricular medicine.
Applied Kinesiology Examination: definition, muscle test, the difference between a strong and a weak muscle.
Applied Kinesiology Examination: the concepts of bilateral strengthening, neurolymphatic rebalancing, neurovascular rebalancing, meridian rebalancing and origin-insertion rebalancing.
Stabilometric Examination: definition, classification, assessment methods, treatment methods and application parameters.
Proprioceptive examination: the biomechanics of balance, proprioceptive boards, wobble boards and proprioceptive feedback.
Proprioception: definition and classification.
Treatment, with or without dysfunctional correlations: corrections, orthoptic gymnastics, proprioceptive exercises, combined exercises and manual exercises.
Scoliosis: definition, aetiology, classification, physical examination and therapeutic indications.
Scoliosis: approach according to the traditional allopathic method, the holistic osteopathic method and the clinical posturological method.
Scoliosis: therapeutic indications for bracing, re-educational and conservative functional kinesiological treatment, and surgical indications.
Scoliosis: treatment method according to Posturologia Integrata®.

Features

Pages: 1636
Chapters: 29
Bibliographic References: 1280

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Complete Technical-Scientific Handbook

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