Myofascial Release: The Search for Excellence--A Comprehensive Evaluatory and Treatment Approach (A Comprehensive Evaluatory and Treatment Approach)

John F. Barnes, P.T., a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, is the President and Director of the Myofascial Release Treatment Centers. Through his 40 years of experience and creative insight, he has developed this innovative whole-body approach for the evaluation and treatment of pain and dysfunction. By viewing the body as integrated totality woven together by teh vast interrelationships of the fascial system, he has combined myofascial release, craniosacral therapy and myofascial unwinding into a unique and powerfully effective approach. John Barnes' Myofascial Release Approach has received wide acclaim as a significant advancement in patient care by the over 50,000 health professionals who have attended his seminars. Apart from his teaching schedule, he continues to treat patients refferred internationally by physicians, dentists and therapists. he is known for his ability to resolve complex problems that have failed to respond to traditional methods of treatment. For may of us in the health care industry, this book is long in coming. The work that John F. Barnes created and evolved in myofascial release therapy has consistently, and many times profoundly, benefited the lives of thousands of patients he personally treated and countless more he helped indirectly through the therapists who studied under him. Why do these health care providers find this particular treatment so attractive? If one could create the ideal therapy, what would its components be? Consider these: Drug free, Movement, therefore, exercise oriented, Physical release and relief, Simulataneous emotional release potential. In short, patients feel physically and emotionally better. The insights and teachings of John F. Barnes and myofascial release will give readers new opportunities for effectiveness as therapists and open new horizons in their personal quest for health and well-being.