This much anticipated 2nd edition includes a DVD and new contributors such as McGill, Hodges, Jull, Kolar, Linton, Bogduk, Triano, Press, and others. Every chapter has been re-written with much new material from McKenzie, Kirkaldy-Willis, Lewit and Janda. Rehabilitation of the Spine emphasizes a functional, outcome-based approach to self care. Modern rehabilitation methods such as McKenzie, stabilization, and cognitive-behavioral are all represented in the thorough yet highly practical visual compendium. 750 illustrations and photos. DVD-ROM included. Hardcover, 972 pages.

"When this reviewer first met Liebenson he was a student at Los Angeles College of Chiropractic with a thirst for knowledge that went beyond his chosen profession. A quarter of a century later he has virtually single-handedly provided his profession (and all other physical medicine professions) with an integrated model and appropriate rehabilitation tools deriving from his subsequent search. The influence of Lewit and the late Vladimir Janda permeate the book - with both of these giants participating as contributors. Their work, together with contributions from Cumpelik, Kolar, Pavlu, Veverkova and others, ensure that the Czech legacy is perpetuated...The text is extremely well illistrated with photographs and line drawings, but its crowning glory is a DVD, containing as it does a wide range of well illustrated assessment, rehabilitation and treatment protocols...this is a magnificent text, and will become (as the first edition did) a classic".  Reviewed by Leon Chaitow N.D., D.O. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapy, 2006

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