Fascilitated Stretching
3rd Edition
The third edition of Facilitated Stretching is now revised, reorganized, and packaged with a DVD-surpassing its popular predecessor as the best source for the latest PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching techniques.
Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, provides a useful overview of PNF stretching-a safe and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, then stretching it again to a new range of motion. These steps apply whether you are isolating one muscle at a time or using the spiral-diagonal patterns of PNF to stretch groups of muscles simultaneously. The third edition contains all the great features of the previous edition, plus the following:
- A companion DVD that demonstrates live stretching techniques from the book for a clearer understanding
- New stretching routines for a variety of popular activities including running, golf, swimming, cycling, and throwing and racket sports
- General stretches and stretches for older participants
- Stretching activities with added strength work using stability balls and elastic bands
- Stretching and strengthening tips for dealing with-and even preventing-common soft-tissue injuries
The new edition has also been reorganized using a regional approach to presenting muscle group functions around specific joints. You will learn how to stretch each major muscle in the body, both individually and in groups. In addition, you will discover how to appropriately use group pattern stretches to improve flexibility and coordination and individual muscle stretches to relax tight muscles and break up adhesions within or between muscles. Instruction is provided for using the techniques on your own or with a partner.
More than 350 photographs showing the progression of stretches enrich the book while the new 60-minute DVD demonstrates the stretches and strengthening exercises in even more detail. Icons are featured throughout the text, indicating which exercises are demonstrated on the DVD. A unique binding also allows you to lay the book flat while performing the exercises without losing your place. The DVD serves as a great visual tool for improving your technique and getting the most out of your routines.
An ideal reference for fitness professionals, Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, provides techniques to help athletes, patients, and clients improve flexibility, strength, and coordination while also treating and preventing injuries. Students in massage therapy, athletic training, and other professional training programs will discover how to use facilitated stretching in conjunction with massage and other manual therapy techniques. A test package is also available for instructors and is conveniently offered through a product-specific Web site.
With Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, you have a cutting-edge tool packed with the latest PNF stretching techniques to help you assess current muscle function, improve range of motion, increase strength, reduce overuse injuries, and enhance performance.
About the Authors
Robert McAtee, BA, LMT, CSCS, has been a sport massage therapist since 1981, specializing in sport and orthopedic massage therapy. He has worked in both clinical settings and private practice and currently maintains a private sport massage practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
McAtee teaches facilitated stretching and sport massage seminars throughout the U.S. and internationally to massage therapists, athletic trainers, personal trainers, chiropractors, 0lympic-caliber athletes and coaches, and amateur athletes.
McAtee received his massage training at the Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing in Los Angeles and San Diego (1981) and through the Sports Massage Training Institute (SMTI) in Costa Mesa, California (1986). He is a member of the National Sports Massage Team of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).
Jeff Charland, PT, ATC, CSCS, GDMT, is a 1983 graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison Physical Therapy Program, where he also competed as a varsity athlete on a wrestling scholarship. Since 1987, Charland has lectured in the areas of sports medicine, rehabilitation, and assessment/treatment of neural tissue disorders. He is team trainer and travels internationally with the U.S. Judo and U.S. Wrestling Federations' National and Olympic teams.
Charland completed the graduate program in Manipulative Therapy at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, under the direction of Bob Elvey, a world-renowned physiotherapist. He is a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA. In 1997, he earned a certification in Active Release Techniques. He also has served as director of a sports physical therapy clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Part I. Understanding PNF Stretching
Chapter 1. Historical Development of PNF
Chapter 2. Stretching Basics
Chapter 3. Spiral-Diagonal Patterns
Part II. The Stretches
Chapter 4. Stretches for the Lower Extremity
Chapter 5. Stretches for the Upper Extremity
Chapter 6. Stretches for the Torso and Neck
Chapter 7. PNF in Physical Therapy
Words of Praise
"Facilitated Stretching serves the elite athlete and the weekend warrior well. Bob McAtee has worked on my aches and pains a dozen or so times over the years. He's one of the finest!"
Harvey S. Newton, CSCS
Executive Director
National Strength and Conditioning Association
Robert K. King
Founder and President of Chicago School of Massage Therapy
Author of Performance Massage
Code: PBFS
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