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Chapter VIII: Palpation and Orientation of Peripheral Nervous System
This is a summary of Chapter VIII of ”The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. Intro Palpation is a major component to therapeutic touch, and gives us a way to build rapport and interact with...
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Chapter IX: Manual Assessment of Nerve Conduction
This is a summary of Chapter IX of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. The Value The neurological exam is an excellent way to sample the patient’s nervous system. When looking at the...
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Chapter X: Neurodynamic Tests in the Clinic
This is a summary of Chapter X of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. The Tests When assessing neurodynamics, there is a general system that is used including the following tests: Passive...
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Chapter XI: Neurodynamic Testing for the Spine and Lower Limb
This is a summary of Chapter XI of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. Intro For today’s chapter, I have decided that the best way to learn these tests is to show you. I will write in any...
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Chapter XII: Upper Limb Neurodynamic Tests
This is a summary of Chapter XII of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. Intro Today we will take a look at assessing upper limb neurodynamic tests (ULNT). These assessments used to be...
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Chapter XIII: Research & Neurodynamics: Is Neurodynamics Worthy of Scientific...
This is a summary of Chapter XIII of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. Intro Research has demonstrated that often evidenced-based medicine is low on the list for why clinicians choose a...
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Chapter XIV: Management Strategies: Integration of Neurodynamics
This is a summary of chapter XIV of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. The Big Picture Evidence Based Approach Here is the step by step patient care process that Butler advocates. 1)...
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Chapter XV: Clinical Aspects of Neurodynamics
This is a summary of chapter XV of “The Sensitive Nervous System” by David Butler. Intro In this chapter we discuss many specific neurodynamic pathologies and implementing the nervous system into...
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Section 2: The Alarm System
This is a summary of section 2 of “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley. Alarm Signals Our body’s alarm system alerts us to danger or potential danger. This alarm system is composed of...
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Section 3: The Damaged and Deconditioned Body
This is a summary of section 2 of “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley. Tissue Injury 101 When a body is damaged, pain is often the best guide to promote optimal healing. Sometimes it is...
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Section 4: Altered Central Nervous System Alarms
This is a summary of section 4 of “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley. CNS Alarms While much of talk in rehab deals with tissue injury and tissue pain, realize that the brain always...
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Section 5: Modern Management Models
This is a summary of section 5 of “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley. So Many Clinicians There are several people who would like to help someone in pain, with each person offering a...
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Section 6: Management Essentials
This is a summary of section 6 of “Explain Pain” by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley. Management 101 The most important thing you can understand is that no one has the answer for all pains. Pain is...
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Course Notes: Mobilisation of the Nervous System
I Have an Addiction It seems the more and more that I read the more and more and read the more and more addicted I become to appreciating the nervous system and all its glory. To satisfy this...
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Treatment of Shredded Cheese of the Hip: A Case Report and Rant
A Long Day I officially eclipsed my longest work day ever. Started seeing patients at 7:30 am and finished training my last client at 10 pm. So exhausting, but the bright side is my new schedule...
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The Post Wonderful Time of the Year: Top Posts of 2013
The Best…Around Time is fun when you are having flies. It seems like just yesterday that I started up this blog, and I am excited and humbled by the response I have gotten. Hearing praise from my...
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The Year of the Nervous System: 2014 Preview
It’s All Part of the Plan And if you see my course schedule this year, the plan is indeed horrifying. I wanted to write a post today to somewhat compose my thoughts and plans for this year, as well as...
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Course Notes: Explain Pain
A Whirlwind I finally had the opportunity to meet my personal Jesus, David Butler, and learn the way that he explains the pain experience to patients. Don’t even ask who the father and holy spirit are…...
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Course Notes: Therapeutic Neuroscience Education
How’s Your Pain How’s Your Pain How’s Your Pain How’s Your Pain? To purge onward with developing some semblance of chronic pain mastery (ha), my employer had the pleasure of hosting a mentor and good...
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PRI and Pain Science: Yes You Can Do It
Questions You may have noticed that my blogging frequency has been a little slower than the usual, and I would like to apologize for that. I am in the midst of creating my first course that I am...
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