Craniofacial dysfunction and pain : manual therapy, assessment and management

Further management strategies including clinimetry, cranio-cervical posture and 'psychological' management of chronic facial pain are described and discussed in relation to their integration in daily practice.

Difficult clinical problems such as cervical headache, chronic ear pain in children, KISS syndrome, facial paralysis, tinnitus, craniomandibular dysfunction amongst others are described and discussed.

A clinical reasoning approach to problem solving is emphasized throughout.

This book is recommended for those interested in manual assessment and management of the craniofacial region including clinicians, physiotherapists, dentists, orthodontics, ENT-specialists, neurologists, maxillofacial surgeons, chiropractors and osteopaths.

Foreword is written by Professor Mariano Racobado, Santiago, Chile.Contributors for this book are: HAJ Oudhof: skull growth in relation to mechanical stimulation; Dr H Biedermann: features of cranial tissue as a basis for clinical pattern recognition on management; Dr med H Biederman: primary and secondary cranial asymmetry in kiss-children; R Spermon-Marijne: manual therapy of the craniofacial region as therapeutic; Dr J R Spermon: approach in children with long term ear disease; P Westerhuis: cervicogenic headache: a clinician's perspective and cervicogenic headache, physical examination and management; David Butler: experience of pain and the craniofacial region; D Fitzgerald and Lynn Bryden: the influence of posture and alteration of function upon the cranio-cervical and craniofacial region; M Jones: clinical reasoning. a basis for examination and treatment in the cranial region; F Winters: pain management by patients with chronic craniofacial pain; and G Aufdemkampe: the relevance of clinimetrie by patients with cranial facial pain.