Positional Release Technique from a Dynamic Systems Perspective
by Denise Deig, MS, PT, GCFP
- Revised and Expanded Edition: 240 pages, 10 Case Studies
- More than 60 Anatomical and other Illustrations
- Over 150 Photos of Release Techniques
ISBN 0-9-777700-0-1 Library of Congress #2006904393
Denise Deig, MS, PT, GCFP, author, is a physical therapist with more than 30 years of experience in manual therapy. She has been developing and teaching Positional Release techniques since 1986. Denise is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Certified Bones for Life Teacher/Trainer. She teaches movement classes on an ongoing basis in Indianapolis, Indiana where she also has a private practice.
This book was originally published by Butterworth-Henemann in September 2000 (previous ISBN 0-7605-7225-0). The revised edition is published by Somatic Publications.
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From the forward, praise for the book:
"Denise Deig is commended for her creative and detailed presentation of a complex and controversial paradigm shift that is taking place within evaluation and treatment strategies, as well as in patient-therapist relationships within the field of physical therapy. Where most authors have focused on one or two areas, Deig's book is metaphorically like the "nervous system" itself...Although targeted for the professional audience of physical and occupational therapists, Deig's Positional Release Technique would also be of interest to other somatic body workers, including massage therapists, chiropractors, physicians, and individuals working in the field of psychology."
Carol A. Montgomery, MSPT,
"Deig offers her readers a broad view of ongoing patient assessment that includes attention to emotional and psychological factors and offers practical ways to incorporate assessment into treatment. Our patients are not well served by strict compartmentalization by their providers of medical care. The best care takes into account the whole of the person, even though the primary focus is the area of the provider's expertise...I applaud her (Deig's) integrative approach and dedication to the inclusion of the whole human system in her attentiveness, perception and treatment approach. Ideally her stance is part of a leading edge within our broader health care delivery system. "
Amy D. Konkle, M.D.
