2nd Edition Soft Cover book

Description

This book is the first of its kind to describe and explain the practical understanding of the unnatural postures and movements people develop secondary to neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, this book explains how the afflicted person can improve on and/or correct many of their unnatural postures and movements, using nothing more than the natural basic understanding of our practical movements.

Thus, on a practical “how do we use it” level, the mechanics of our natural movement ability is explained, to enable the understanding of how unnatural movement inability, or disability, is created – and corrected.

This is monumental in that it is demonstrates these acquired unnatural postures and movements are not solely a manifestation of the disorder, as is the current understanding. In addition, this information opens a new paradigm into the approach of productive physical therapy for these individuals, where currently there is little to none.

Instead of surrendering to the progressive degenerative effects of his disorder, spinocerebellar atrophy, as the medical understanding said was inevitable, Dr. Clouse rejected his colleagues’ advice. Then, living with the effects of the disorder and discovering how he was able to substantially correct his movements and speech, he did improve where experts in the field had stated he could not.

Through only his personal efforts and determination, Dr. Clouse worked on how to improve his
movements, and succeeded to such an extent that he regained and has retained his ability to function in a near-normal capacity. As a result, he has traveled extensively throughout the United States and internationally, working with other movement-impaired people to help them improve. His discoveries and techniques fill the pages of this book, and the companion videos on this website.

Table of Contents

Introduction
by Michael C. Clouse

Chapter 1 Same Body, Same Function
Chapter 2 Untreatable Movement Conditions
Chapter 3 Maladaptive Behavior
Chapter 4 Adaptive Behavior
Chapter 5 Finding Your Feet
Chapter 6 First Stance: Standing Upright
Chapter 7 Second Stance: The Ready Stance
Chapter 8 Relax the Hands to Relax the Knees;
Use the Elbow to Guide the Hand
Chapter 9 Third Stance: Squatting
Chapter 10 Knees and Shoulders
Chapter 11 Sitting and Standing
Chapter 12 Getting Up from the Floor
Chapter 13 Turning to Look without Moving Your Feet
Chapter 14 The Push Is the Movement
Chapter 15 Foot + Pressure + Push = Movement
Chapter 16 Transfer-of-Body-Weight Mistakes
Chapter 17 Fourth Stance: Body Movement to the Side
Chapter 18 Standing on One Foot
Chapter 19 Keeping Your Knees Flexed
Chapter 20 Creating and Holding the Push
Chapter 21 Fifth Stance: Beginning Forward Movement
Chapter 22 Forward Stride
Chapter 23 Sixth Stance: Forward Stride Squats and Jumping
Chapter 24 Putting It Together
Chapter 25 Walking to the Pressure in the Foot
Chapter 26 Movement and Walking Issues
Chapter 27 Issues of the Significantly Movement Impaired
Chapter 28 Changing Directions
Chapter 29 Backward Stride
Chapter 30 Hills, Slopes, and Inclines
Chapter 31 Uneven and Shifting Ground
Chapter 32 Walking Sticks
Chapter 33 Going Up Steps and Stairs
Chapter 34 Walking Down Steps and Stairs
Chapter 35 Speech
Chapter 36 What Will Motivate You to Keep What You Gain?
About the Author . . . . . . page 393