"Dr. Vasquez,  I greatly appreciate your efforts. I am a student at ___, 8th trimester, and would like to express my gratitude for your research and works. After coming across your texts in the library, I quickly found your insight and explanations of the current health care crisis, and in depth coverage and algorithms for inflammatory diseases as a profound inspiration and call to action. I appreciate your attention to detail, and have been taken back several times by the potency and meaning of your sentences. Thank you for your hard work, I will enjoy these books and will surely share with those that have the same drive for true and competent patient care."  Chiropractic Student, 2008

"Your Integrated Ortho book is magnificent. I wish all textbooks were structured and as thoughtful as that one."  Chiropractic Student, 2008

"By reading the introduction I realize that calling it an orthopedics book; does not do it justice. It is far more than that. It looks to me that you have created, or are creating, the bible of integrative orthopedics and physical medicine. Naturopathic Physician, Massachusetts, 2007

"First of all let me say how honored I am that you have allowed me to review this work. You have done an amazing job! In my opinion every healthcare provider SHOULD have this on their bookshelf."  Naturopathic Physician, Seattle, Washington, 2007

"Your work on Chapter 12: Hip and Thigh is very good. The chapter is inclusive of the typical pathologies seen in private practice and I particularly liked the separation of juvenile from adult pathologies. Your choice of tests to assess hip and thigh pathology on page 320 is very nice and inclusive. I appreciate your use of algorithms and find them very useful in teaching and in practice. In general, I thought this chapter represents a quality, state of the art presentation!" Department of Chiropractic and Clinical Sciences, 2007

Integrative Orthopedics: Second Edition

• Status: Second Edition is stocked and ready to ship

• Page size: 8.5" x 11"

• Text and graphics: Black/white/grayscale with diagrams and photographs; the font is smaller and the formatting is much tighter than the 2004 edition = more information in fewer pages

• Length: 446 pages

• Publication history: First printing in February 2004; updated in August 2004; Second Edition published January 2007

• Citations: 2,650

• Used properly, this book will pay for itself within: The first day of use

• ISBN: 9780975285862

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The new updated, revised, and indexed 2007 edition of Integrative Orthopedics is 446 pages of intensely referenced wellness promotion for doctors who manage patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries.  Although the book reviews all of the important physical examinations, laboratory and imaging assessments, and presents detailed treatment plans for a wide range of conditions, the ultimate goal of the book is to be much more than an orthopedics textbook.  It is designed to help doctors step beyond "problem solving" and into "wellness promotion" by giving doctors the information and concepts that they need to upgrade their treatment plans from being simply "restorative" to truly transformative.  
 

Students at chiropractic and naturopathic medical colleges will find Integrative Orthopedics to provide a needed blend of concepts as well as the practical “how to” information on patient management that is often neglected in other textbooks or which can only be obtained after years of clinical experience. This book will help you synthesize your courses in physical examination, manipulation, physiotherapy, nutrition, botanical medicine, neurology and therapeutic exercise into a cohesive set of skills that enables you to effectively help your patients overcome their musculoskeletal problems while you simultaneously promote wellness by looking at the bigger picture of their overall health rather than simply focusing on “the problem.” Integrative Orthopedics provides the information and citations to the research literature that you need in order to feel confident about your new skills and the new responsibilities that you will face as a licensed healthcare provider. Within the text and footnotes, you will be directed to additional information on the internet and at the OptimalHealthResearch.com website including full-text articles, compilations of research abstracts with links to Medline, as well as new information, testing procedures, and research that has become available since the most recent edition of the book. You will also be able to test your own knowledge and comprehension of the material by taking the “final examination” that covers the basic material and the core competencies that every doctor should know when working with patients with musculoskeletal problems.

Chiropractic and naturopathic physicians will find that Integrative Orthopedics offers the opportunity to review and refresh their knowledge of musculoskeletal medicine and to fill in some of the empty spaces where information has either been forgotten or may not have ever been taught. If your formal education did not provide training in topics such as proprioceptive retraining, interventional nutrition, post-isometric stretching, or botanical medicines, then certainly you will benefit even more from reading Integrative Orthopedics. Combining this text with Integrative Rheumatology will give you a clinical advantage and the research justification to help treat your patients in the most natural, safe, and holistic means possible. The website provides text updates, seminar dates, and recently published peer-reviewed articles by Dr. Vasquez.
 

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