FEATURES: * Clearly illustrates the anatomy and biomechanics of the spine, pelvis, and TMJ * Includes musculoskeletal and systemic case studies to highlight evaluation and treatment techniques * Offers treatment strategies and techniques for the entire spine, pelvis, and TMJ based on a wide range of philosophies * Differential Diagnosis principles are covered through the use of subjective examination, scanning examination, and special tests * Review questions included * Follows the APTA's Guide to Physical Therapy Practice (Product Desciprtion from back cover).

Principles -- Musculoskeletal tissue -- Biomechanical implications -- Nervous system and its transmission of pain -- Vertebral artery -- Spinal nerves -- Invertebral disc -- Differential diagnosis: systems review -- Subjective examination -- Scanning examination -- Biomechanical examination -- Direct interventions -- Lumbar spine -- Cervical spine -- Cervicothoracic junction -- Thoracic spine -- Sacroiliac joint -- Craniovertebral junction -- Whiplash-associated disorders -- Temporomandibular joint.