From Manual Evaluation
to General Diagnosis presents a comprehensive guide to osteopathic
evaluation and diagnosis before hands-on treatment. Based on Croibier's
everyday clinical experience, the book provides an extensive educational
framework for the examination of patients in order to determine what the
course of treatment should be. As Croibier explains, "an accurate diagnosis is the
surest way to devise a truly individualized treatment plan and thereby achieve
the best possible results."
Written for manual hands-on therapy students and
practitioners, the book provides an in-depth exploration of the osteopathic
diagnosis process which aims to identify an abnormality and to discover factors
which may be causing the dysfunction. Drawing a comparison between diagnosis in
classical medicine and osteopathy, Croibier explains that the osteopath focuses
on restoring the conditions of good health rather than simply addressing the consequences
of disease.
Enhanced with full-color instructional photos and
illustrations, the book describes the manual hands-on assessments and general evaluations
that lead to a diagnosis. Manual assessments include objective observation,
diagnostic touch--palpation of the affected areas of the body, visualization, and "listening"
(a hand placed on a specific part of the body to gather information about
tissue functionality). The manual therapist also performs a patient intake and
interview; general evaluation that analyzes the patient's symptoms and general state; examination of posture and
equilibrium; and observation of individual characteristics, such as
constitution, temperment, and body type.
Contents:
Section 1: Theory and Fundamentals of Diagnosis
1. Concept of Diagnosis
2. The Osteopathic Paradigm
3.
Basis for an Osteopathic Diagnosis
4. Positive Diagnosis in Osteopathy
5. Differential Diagnosis in Osteopathy
6. Etiological
Diagnosis in Osteopathy
7. Tools for a Manual Diagnosis
8. Practical Organization of Diagnosis
Section 2: General Diagnosis
9. Patient Intake and Interview
10. General Evaluations|
11. Posture and Morphostatic Examination
12. The Individual in Clinical Evaluation
13. Orientation for Manual Diagnosis
14. Tools of Differential Diagnosis
Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
