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Spinal Manual Therapy: An Introduction to Soft Tissue Mobilization, Spinal Manipulation, Therapeutic and Home Exercises
by Howard W. MakofskySpinal Manual Therapy: An Introduction to Soft Tissue Mobilization, Spinal Manipulation, Therapeutic and Home Exercises, Second Edition is an easy-to-follow manual of clinical techniques for the spine, pelvis, and temporomandibular joint. The text provides "tools" rather than "recipes" and immerses the reader in the process of "thinking as a manual therapist", rather than functioning as a technician. The clinical utility of this revised second edition combines the art and science of present day spinal manual therapy.The focus of Spinal Manual Therapy, Second Edition is to provide clinically useful treatment techniques, while being mindful of the scientific literature related to the practice of spinal manual therapy. It is an ideal resource for all those interested in grasping the basics of spinal manual therapy and transferring that knowledge into practice within a clinical environment.The hands-on approach taken by Dr. Howard W. Makofsky makes this new edition the go-to textbook for spinal manual therapy.New to the Second Edition: New pictures of examination and treatment techniques with captions Additional case studies New evidence supporting spinal manual therapy Updated references throughout the text This unique textbook has a plethora of clinical techniques, including the rationale for each of their use. With over 300 figures, illustrations, and photographs for each examination/treatment technique for various regions of the body, students and clinicians learning manual therapy will benefit greatly from Spinal Manual Therapy, Second Edition.Inside you’ll find: Evaluation Soft tissue techniques Manipulative procedures Specific exercises Clinical problem solving Spinal Manual Therapy, Second Edition mirrors a course on the introduction to spinal manual therapy and will be welcomed into physical therapy curriculums, as well as appreciated by clinicians when entering clinical practice.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms And Therapy
by Charlotte J. Sumner Sergey Paushkin Chien-Ping KoSpinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motoneuron loss and muscle atrophy, and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Since the identification of the gene responsible for SMA in 1995, there have been important advances in the basic understanding of disease mechanisms, and in therapeutic development. This book provides a comprehensive accounting of recent advances in basic and clinical research that covers SMA clinical features and standards of care, multifaceted aspects of SMN protein functions and SMA disease pathology, various animal models, and biomarkers, as well as current therapeutic development.
Spinal Network: The Total Wheelchair Resource Book (3rd edition)
by Barry Corbet Jean Dobbs Bob BoninNow in its 3rd edition, Spinal Network: The Total Wheelchair Resource Book is as vibrant as ever with 586 pages of profiles, articles and resources on every topic of interest to wheelchair users. Subjects include health, coping, relationships, sexuality, parenthood, computers, sports, recreation, travel, personal assistance services, legal rights, financial strategies, employment, media images and much more.
Spine Disorders: Medical and Surgical Management
by J. D. Bartleson H. Gordon DeenAn essential, one-stop reference guide to the evaluation and treatment of patients with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disease. Based on a course taught by these highly respected authors at the American Academy of Neurology's Annual Meeting, this volume gives concise descriptions of the anatomy of spine conditions; neurologic and physical findings; advice on diagnostic tests and when to order them; and medical and surgical treatment options. Commonly performed spinal procedures are also described, including the rapidly changing field of minimally invasive surgery. Pitfalls of evaluating and treating spine patients are highlighted, along with advice on how to approach the patient who does not improve or worsens after spine surgery. Spine Disorders: Medical and Surgical Management is an essential purchase for all practitioners in this field.
Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah (Jewish Lives)
by Ian BurumaIan Buruma explores the life and death of Baruch Spinoza, the Enlightenment thinker whose belief in freedom of thought and speech resonates in our own time &“An elegant, relevant biography of a vital thinker.&”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Baruch (Benedictus) Spinoza (1632–1677) was a radical free thinker who led a life guided by strong moral principles despite his disbelief in an all-seeing God. Seen by many—Christians as well as Jews—as Satan&’s disciple during his lifetime, Spinoza has been regarded as a secular saint since his death. Many contradictory beliefs have been attached to his name: rationalism or metaphysics, atheism or pantheism, liberalism or despotism, Jewishness or anti-Semitism. However, there is no question that he viewed freedom of thought and speech as essential to an open and free society. In this insightful account, the award-winning author Ian Buruma stresses the importance of the time and place that shaped Spinoza, beginning with the Sephardim of Amsterdam and followed by the politics of the Dutch Republic. Though Spinoza rejected the basic assumptions of his family&’s faith, and was consequently expelled from his Sephardic community, Buruma argues that Spinoza did indeed lead a Jewish life: a modern Jewish life. To Heine, Hess, Marx, Freud, and no doubt many others today, Spinoza exemplified how to be Jewish without believing in Judaism. His defense of universal freedom is as important for our own time as it was in his.
Spiral (Orca Soundings)
by K.L. DenmanWhen fifteen-year-old Abby is seriously injured, her wounds go far deeper than her broken back. Rehabilitation therapy teaches her to cope with her new physical reality but once she's home with her family, she refuses to participate in life and withdraws into a world of drugs. Abby's family discovers her addiction, and she is sent to a farm that specializes in Equine Assisted Therapy. She must still do battle with her cravings, but when she witnesses the connection between another young patient and a pony, she decides that if this girl can heal, she too can learn to be present in life again.
Spiral Bound: Integrated Anatomy for Yoga
by Karen KirknessSpiral Bound explores the potential for yoga as a healing modality by examining the body's anatomical structure as it has evolved embryonically. With a light touch approach, Karen weaves together threads of development to see how our morphological constraints arise in the earliest moments of life and how this rotation lays the spiral groundwork for rotational kinematics that encompass all tissue. This book sets out to link theory with practice, all at a conversational level richly illustrated with full-color photographs and drawings that bring the biomotion to life for practitioners and teachers of yoga. This book for anyone seeking to simplify the parts-list pedagogy of classical anatomy with contemporary research in fascia literature for an integrated approach especially suitable to postural yoga.
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 10th Anniversary Edition
by StarhawkThe twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind, body, and spirit. Starhawk's brilliant, comprehensive overview of the growth, suppression, and modern-day re-emergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. In a new introduction, Starhawk reveals the ways in which Goddess religion and the practice of ritual have adapted and developed over the last twenty years, and she reflects on the ways in which these changes have influenced and enhanced her original ideas. In the face of an ever-changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.
Spiralize Everyday: 80 recipes to help replace your carbs
by Denise SmartSpiralize, mash and rice your fruit and vegetables for a lighter alternative to pasta, bread, rice and more. Replace egg noodles with spiralized sweet potato, make a pizza with a courgette base, or snack on beetroot crisps instead of potato ones! With recipes for breakfasts, salads, light bites, mains, preserves, baking and desserts, Spiralize Everyday is the ultimate companion for all your spiralizing needs. It features 80 simple, tasty, low-carb recipes, including:Apple and blueberry buckwheat pancakesMoroccan beetroot tabbouleh with pomegranate and chickenMiso baked cod with daikon noodles and greensKimchiEasy pear, apple and ginger jamApple, cheese and walnut breadBeetroot and chocolate browniesSimple and fun, these recipes allow you to enjoy all your favourite treats in a new, healthier guise.
Spiralize Everyday: 80 recipes to help replace your carbs
by Denise SmartSpiralize, mash and rice your fruit and vegetables for a lighter alternative to pasta, bread, rice and more. Replace egg noodles with spiralized sweet potato, make a pizza with a courgette base, or snack on beetroot crisps instead of potato ones! With recipes for breakfasts, salads, light bites, mains, preserves, baking and desserts, Spiralize & More is the ultimate companion for all your spiralizing needs. It features 80 simple, tasty, low-carb recipes, including:Apple and blueberry buckwheat pancakesMoroccan beetroot tabbouleh with pomegranate and chickenMiso baked cod with daikon noodles and greensKimchiEasy pear, apple and ginger jamApple, cheese and walnut breadBeetroot and chocolate browniesSimple and fun, these recipes allow you to enjoy all your favourite treats in a new, healthier guise.
Spiralize Now: 80 Delicious, Healthy Recipes for your Spiralizer
by Denise SmartThe must-have gadget for 2015, in minutes the spiralizer creates spaghetti, ribbons and spirals from your favourite vegetables. From courgetti (courgette spaghetti) to cunoodles (cucumber noodles), it is now easier than ever to create healthy twists to your favourite meals. Perfect for the health-conscious, these vegetables can become the star of your dish, replacing heavier ingredients such as pasta and rice, so that you can enjoy your meal while eating fewer calories and cutting back on refined carbohydrates.With recipes ranging from Thai beef salad and Crispy spiralized potato fries to Courgette and lemon drizzle cake and Apple tarte tatin, The Complete Spiralizer Cookbook will open your eyes to the true versatility of the spiralizer.
Spiralize This!: 75 Fresh and Irresistable Recipes for Your Spiralizer
by Martha Rose Shulman&“Excellent . . . familiar salads, soups, pasta dishes, and more get an unexpected twist—and an extra oomph of vegetables thanks to the spiralizer!&”—Lukas Volger, author of Bowl The latest craze in healthy cooking is encouraging home cooks to put a spin on it! With a serving of spiralized zucchini noodles packing less than a quarter of the calories and carbs found in a serving of spaghetti, now pasta-lovers can enjoy their favorite dishes with a smile. And in Spiralize This! Martha Rose Shulman proves just how versatile spiralizers can be: from egg dishes to salads, pickles to gratins, tacos to desserts, this book includes recipes for meat-eaters and vegetarians, with approximately 30 percent vegan recipes. Martha draws on her expertise in vegetable-focused cooking and love of flavors from Mediterranean, Asian, and Latin cuisines to deliver 75 craveable recipes: warming soups and noodle bowls, like Phô with Turnip Noodles and Beets; hearty dishes like Brown Rice Bowls with Miso-Glazed Salmon; seasonal gems like Winter Squash Lasagna. The book features a beautiful full-color photo with every recipe and includes tips on how to use various spiralizers and how to store leftover vegetable noodles, ribbons, and rice. With the basics of spiralizing covered and the array of fresh, enticing dishes to try, this is the book that spiralizer fanatics have been waiting for. &“The fabulous Martha Rose Shulman gives you full permission to play with your food and use a spiralizer gadget to produce the most gorgeous meals ever eaten. Vegetables have never been so easy, beautiful, delicious, and inspiring to eat.&”—Marion Nestle, James Beard Award-winning author of What to Eat
The Spiralizer Cookbook: Quick, Easy & Healthy Recipes for Any Meal of the Day
by The Williams-Sonoma Test KitchenPut a new twist on your low-carb lifestyle with this step-by-step guide to the Spiralizer—with twenty recipes included!This beautifully photographed, step-by-step handbook provides expert tips and techniques for using the innovative Spiralizer—the quick way to incorporate more fruits and veggies into your diet. With twenty delicious yet simple recipes for snacks, salads, main dishes, and desserts you'll soon be able to crank out meals everyone will love.With The Spiralizer Cookbook you can try your hand at garlicky beef and broccoli with broccoli noodles, Moroccan-spiced roasted chicken with carrot salad, fish tacos with jicama slaw, butternut squash mac and cheese, shrimp pad thai with daikon noodles, spiced apple cake, and more.
The Spiralizer Cookbook 2.0: Delicious & Inspiring Recipes for Any Meal of the Day
by The Williams-Sonoma Test KitchenA concise guide to the popular cooking tool that offers fun new options for fruits and veggies—with over twenty creative recipes included.The Spiralizer Cookbook 2.0 offers a fresh approach to the innovative tool that slices vegetables and fruits into noodles, shoestrings, thin shreds, and waferlike slices in seconds. This compact, photo-filled guide to spiralizing includes everything you need to know, from how to assemble your Spiralizer to understanding its unique blades, and over 20 inspiring recipes for inspiring snacks, main dishes, desserts, and more.Find easy-to-follow recipes for Apple Pancakes; Baked Eggs with Zucchini; Shrimp Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce; Apple-Cabbage Salad with Bacon & Candied Walnuts; Chicken Pho with Daikon Radish Noodles; Fresh Parsnip Pasta Primavera; Apple Galette; Curly Fries; Cucumber Gimlet, and much more, all utilizing the Spiralizer.With The Spiralizer Cookbook 2.0 you can create delicious, low carb meals, full of fresh vegetables and fruits!
The Spiralizer Recipe Book: From Apple Coleslaw to Zucchini Pad Thai, 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes
by Carina Wolff150 easy ways to turn vegetables and fruits into creative and healthy meals! Vegetable spiralizers are the latest must-have kitchen gadget, and with good reason. They're affordable, easy to use, and make healthy eating fun and quick. Whether you're following a Paleo, gluten-free, raw, or low-carb diet, you'll find unique ideas for satisfying, fiber-rich meals that are built around healthy vegetables and fruits, including:Quick and Easy Jalapeño Hash BrownsSweet and Salty Apple ChipsSlow-Cooker Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Cups with Spiralized CarrotsZucchini Pad ThaiCajun-Spiced Jicama Shoestring FriesSpiralized Fruit Salad with Coconut Whipped CreamYou can use any type of spiral cutter, or even a simple vegetable peeler, to transform vegetables and fruits into noodles, shoestrings, or corkscrew shapes in minutes. Featuring an introduction to spiralizing techniques; lists of the best vegetables and fruits to use; and imaginative, low-carb recipes, The Spiralizer Recipe Book will give you 150 reasons to use your spiralizer every day!
Spiralizer Skinny: Lose Weight with Easy Low-Carb Spiralizer Recipes
by Vicky Ushakova Rami AbramovChange the way you think about dieting with Spiralizer Skinny. This book explores all of the weight-loss benefits and nutrition of going low-carb, and each recipe uses the spiralizing method to offer wholesome recipes that change how it feels to live a healthy, nutritious lifestyle. These incredible, easy-to-make meals--from Lasagna Rosettes to Drunken Parsnip Noodles with Steak--use the freshest of ingredients, letting you lose weight without the hassle and disappointment that comes with the latest diet fads. Find out just how easy it is to savor unbelievable, beautiful meals that make you feel great! · Lose weight and forget carbs without the pain of dieting· Feel healthy and great with easy-to-follow, tasty recipes· Rejuvenate your health with incredible spiralized meals!
Spirit Allies: Meet Your Team from the Other Side
by Christopher PenczakLearn to contact the spirit realm and communicate with your own spirit guides, ancestors, power animals, and more with this guide to spiritual exploration.From ancient Egyptians to modern-day witches, King Solomon to Native American shamans, individuals throughout history have possessed the power to work with the spirit world. While it may seem like these abilities are reserved for a “chosen” few, the truth is that everyone has friends beyond the veil. As author Christopher Penczak explains, “A spirit ally is a being in the unseen realms who, for whatever reason, decides to aid, befriend, protect, or teach us while we live our own Earthwalk.” In Spirit Allies, Penczak dispels the mystery and fear surrounding these spiritual entities. With compelling personal anecdotes and straightforward techniques—such as relaxation, automatic writing, and oracle interpretation—he opens up the path for readers to contact their own guides. Through thirty simple exercises, Spirit Allies helps readers find their Power Animal, dream journey, speak with devas, communicate with ancestors and ascended masters, meet their personal spirit allies, and much more.
The Spirit Almanac: A Modern Guide to Ancient Self-Care
by Emma Loewe Lindsay KellnerFrom two of mindbodygreen's top editors comes an essential companion for anyone seeking a deeper spiritual life. Taking time to nourish yourself and connect to the rhythms of the Earth can feel like a tall order when your days are packed to the brim but this beautifully illustrated handbook can make it a whole lot easier. The Spirt Almanac provides readers with potent, accessible rituals they will want to call on again and again throughout the year to feel more grounded, aligned with their purpose, and in touch with their own innate sense of knowing. Readers will be invited to practice and personalize dozens of routines incorporating science-backed techniques like breathwork, meditation, and aromatherapy, as well as more esoteric offerings like astrology, crystals, and tarot. Along the way, they will learn the fascinating history of ritual and trace these ancient spiritual practices through the ages to modern day applications from several true masters—from reiki healers to psychologists to sound therapists—who live and breathe this work. Divided by the four seasons, this book features dozens of ideas for spirit and soul enriching rituals including: · Honor the quiet of winter and the start of the year by setting new intentions with a seed planting ritual · Come spring, try a breathwork ritual to release blocks and move forward · Celebrate summer with a forest bathing ritual to clear your mind or a crystal ritual for an open, receptive heart · Wind down in fall with a self-soothing full moon ceremony to reflect on the year The Spirit Almanac will infuse your life with more joy, gratitude, and a deeper connection to yourself and our Mother Earth.
The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand (California Series in Public Anthropology #49)
by Scott StoningtonThe Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a rapidly developing universal medical system, to national and global human-rights politics, to contemporary movements in Buddhist metaphysics. Scott Stonington’s gripping ethnography documents how Thai families attempt to pay back a "debt of life" to their elders through intensive medical care, followed by a medically assisted rush from the hospital to home to ensure a spiritually advantageous last breath. The result is a powerful exploration of the nature of death and the complexities arising from the globalization of biomedical expertise and ethics around the world.
Spirit Animals: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Animal Companions
by Stefanie Iris Weiss“A veritable pocket companion of animal symbolism defined . . . If you need some inspiration for your crafts, this book is great to get the wheels turning.” —Make: MagazineLong ago, many cultures regarded certain animals as reflecting a person’s true essence, as a link between this world and the spiritual realm. Today, this cosmic connection has become a cultural touchstone for a new generation. This illuminating book explains how to connect with and channel the unique powers of forty different spirit animals. Featuring a menagerie of creatures, from the wise owl and crafty fox to the tranquil turtle and bold lion, each entry provides a detailed description of the animal’s personality, mythology, and innate powers. Helpful text provides readers with clues and meditations for discovering their own spirit animal as well as information on how other animals can be called on to help with specific desires from overcoming fear to finding true love. Lavishly illustrated by a collection of cutting-edge artists, this book is the perfect primer for those seeking access to the primal wisdom of the animal kingdom.
Spirit Babies: How to Communicate with the Child You're Meant to Have
by Walter MakichenAm I Meant to Become a Parent? Why Can’t I Conceive? What Is My Unborn Child Trying to Tell Me? In this reassuring, supportive, and accessible book, leading clairvoyant and medium Walter Makichen offers guidance to prospective parents eager to create a warm, nurturing environment for their soon-to-be-conceived-or-born children. Applying the wisdom and insights he has gained through twenty years of communicating with these spirit babies, Makichen helps you resolve issues about starting a family…actively participate in the psychic process of creating a child…and move past your worries and fears about becoming parents. From the seven essential chakras that link our body, mind, and spirit to why pregnant women are superpsychic, you’ll discover: * How to create the energy that nurtures spirit babies * How to understand how past lives and chakras relate to your unborn child * The conception contract–what it is and what it means for you and your child * How karmic pairings affect conception and pregnancy * Why miscarriages occur and what they can signify Plusspirit babies and guardian angels…spirit babies and adoption…spirit babies and dreams…and much more Featuring inspirational examples of couples who are now happy parents, as well as breath exercises and healing meditations at the end of each chapter,Spirit Babiestells you everything you need to know to become the parent you were meant to be. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Spirit Boards for Beginners: The History & Mystery of Talking to the Other Side
by Alexandra ChauranAnswers At Your FingertipsGet answers to your questions about relationships, school, and career. Communicate with your personal spirit guides. Contact loved ones who have passed to the other side. Whether you want to divine the future or just have fun, Spirit Boards for Beginners is an invaluable resource, with:Step-by-step instructions for using the boardTechniques for self-protectionTips to help you avoid being trickedThe controversial history of spirit boardsDozens of true spirit-board storiesWhile spirit boards have sometimes received a negative reputation, they are a perfectly safe way to communicate when used properly. Sharing dozens of heartwarming tales and creepy encounters, silly games and life-changing occurrences, author Alexandra Chauran provides everything you need to know to make the most out of your spirit board experience.
The Spirit Book
by Raymond BucklandThis reference explores Qabbalah, Sibyls, Fairies, Poltergeists; phenomena such as intuition and karma; objects useful in the attempt to cross the divide, including tarot cards, flower reading, and runes; and related practices such as Shamanism, transfiguration, meditation, and mesmerism. It covers the history of Spiritualism as well as offshoots such as Kardecism, channeling, fraud, psychic research, and possession; and also reports on investigations of contemporary manifestations.
Spirit Clans: Native Wisdom for Personal Power and Guidance
by David CarsonFor thousands of years, Native American tradition has taught that we all carry within us an ancient blessing, a spirit clan that connects us to the earth. Our spirit clan may be an animal, or a plant, a stone, or some special object that has taken on spiritual power. Your clan is a reservoir of powerful energy.It helps carry you through troubled times and protects you from danger. The wisdom of their teachings shows the way to true peace and prosperity and to live in harmony with all that is. In this book, you will learn how to discover your own spirit clan using dreams and visions as a guide and by contemplating the stories, traditions, and descriptions of the 75 clans gathered here. In-depth descriptions of the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of spirit clans and their modern-day manifestations lift these ancient teachings off the page and bring them to life.
Spirit Guide Invocations: Seeking Wisdom from Sacred Helpers
by Billie Topa TateConnect to the Realm of Healing and Meet Your Divine HelpersDrawing from the sacred world of Spirit, this medicine woman book helps you utilize the energy platform of the indigenous Apache tradition through potent writings called invocations. From relieving stress to sending love to those who have passed away, the placement of words as an energy tool can unlock so many possibilities, regardless of your background or experience level.Billie Topa Tate is one of the most exciting new authors representing the indigenous spirit world. Her book shows you how to contact angels, ancestors, and other spirits for guidance and protection. With specific invocations for dozens of purposes, Spirit Guide Invocations helps you find the appropriate medicine words to transform the energy of nearly any situation.Discover how to develop your psychic abilities, create new relationships, clear nightmares, remove harmful ancestral and family influences, and more. This book shows you how energy can cross time and space to support you.