Describes an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique. A controversial book which broadens the horizons of manual therapy to embrace adverse tension in the nervous system. Clinical reasoning processes are associated with a new understanding of the nervous system as a dynamic continuum. He introduces new tension tests and refined versions of standard tests. Features: * Describes and supports an innovative concept of examination and treatment technique * The author has been strongly influenced by the ?Maitland approach? - this book is an extension of that school of thought * Use of new tension tests is extended beyond diagnosis to successful treatment * Provides a better understanding of many commonly encountered syndromes