And Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Dia... — The Cervical

The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy

: It provides operational definitions and symptoms for classifying patients into specific mechanical subgroups: Derangement , Dysfunction , and Postural Syndrome . The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Dia...

: Central to the method is identifying a "directional preference"—the specific movement that causes pain to centralize (move from the extremities toward the spine) or abolish entirely. The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis and

: The book explains these phenomena in depth, teaching clinicians how to use therapeutic exercise to change the location and intensity of pain. The Cervical and Thoracic Spine: Mechanical Dia...