After much study and investigation over the last 10 years, Michael Shacklock's much-awaited new book is about a new system of musculoskeletal treatment for patients whose musculoskeletal problem has a neural component. The book takes the therapist from neural tension to neurodynamics. Key problems with neural tension treatments in the past have been the risk of provocation of symptoms, the method of diagnosis and treatment has been unclear and there has not been a systematic and methodical approach to diagnosis and selection and progression of treatment techniques.

In his new book, Michael demystifies how the nervous system moves and can cause problems, provides a new systematic approach to prevent provocation of symptoms yet still provide a beneficial effect and how to select advanced techniques ranging from those for the very restricted patient to the athlete. In the book are:

• new diagnostic and treatment techniques
  
  
• over 100 diagrams and illustrations of techniques
  
  
• a new movement diagram to help the clinician link musculoskeletal and neural functions
  
  
• a new system for technique progression from restricted to higly mobile patients
  
  
• a method of integrating neural and musculoskeletal techniques in diagnosis and treatment
  
  

• a CD-ROM of nerves and musculoskeletal tissues moving in real time to illustrate normal and abnormal situations and the importance of the interdependence of the musculoskeletal and neural systems