Back Stability: Integrating Science and Therapy, Second Edition, is designed to help practitioners recognize and manage back conditions using proven clinical approaches to stabilize the spine. More than just another sequence of back exercises, this text provides a theoretical foundation that will guide you in selecting the most effective exercises for each client and integrating them into a complete program to offer the best possible care in back health.
Part I. Conceptual Foundation
Chapter 1. What Is Back Stability
Chapter 2. Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine
Chapter 3. Stabilization Mechanisms of the Lumbar Spine
Chapter 4. Principles of Muscle Imbalance
Part II. Establishing Stability
Chapter 5. Posture
Chapter 6. Muscle Balance Tests
Chapter 7. Foundation Movements
Part III. Progressing Stability Training
Chapter 8. Limb Loading
Chapter 9. Unstable Base
Chapter 10. Gym Ball
Chapter 11. Foam Rollers
Part IV. Building Back Fitness
Chapter 12. Faults With Traditional Abdominal Training
Chapter 13. Abdominal Training Using Stability Concepts
Chapter 14. Resistance Training for Core Strength
Chapter 15. Speed and Power in Core Training
Chapter 16. Functional Training
Part V. Clinical Application
Chapter 17. Preliminary Client Assessment
Chapter 18. Designing the Program
Chapter 19. Case History Illustrations
Christopher M. Norris, PhD, is a physiotherapist and director of Norris Associates, which operates two private clinics in northwestern England that specialize in exercise therapy for back rehabilitation. Norris is also a consultant to several Blue Chip industries in northwestern England providing on-site physiotherapy services, on-site holistic therapy, training in ergonomics, and training in manual handling.