User:Leon Chaitow

Graduate British College of Osteopathic Medicine 1960


Registered with General Osteopathic Council. Registration #1/201/F

Former Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster (London) 1993 - 2005

Honorary Fellow University of Westminster

Author of numerous text books for Elsevier and others - including "Recognizing and Managing Breathing Disorders" (with Bradley and Gilbert) Elsevier 2014.

Editor-in-Chief Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies since 1995 (Medline Indexed)

Member Organizing & Scientific Committees International Fascia Research Congresses (2007 Boston, 2009 Amsterdam, 2012 Vancouver) - and planning committee for FRC4, 2015, Washington DC.

Retired from clinical practice 2005
Lives in Corfu, Greece with wife of 43 years, Alkmini



== Selected peer-reviewed publications:
• Chaitow L 1994 Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique. British Journal of Osteopathy 13:17–20
• Chaitow L DeLany J 2003 Neuromuscular Techniques in Orthopaedics . Techniques in Orthopaedics. 18(1):74-86
• Chaitow L 2004 Breathing Pattern Disorders (BPD), motor control, and Low Back Pain Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 7(1):33-40
• Chaitow L 2007 Chronic pelvic pain: Pelvic floor problems, sacroiliac dysfunction and the trigger point connection Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies 11(4)327-331
• Chaitow L 2009 MET Variations: Possible Neurological Mechanisms. Verband der Osteopathen Deutschland: Muscle Energy Techniques pp 63-66
• Chaitow L 2009 Ligaments & Positional Release Techniques Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 13(2):115–116


 Selected book publications:
• 1976 The Acupuncture Treatment of Pain. Healing Arts Press, Vermont, USA (In print)
• 1980 Neuromuscular Technique, Thorsons, Wellingborough UK
• 1982 Soft Tissue Manipulation. Healing Arts Press, Vermont, USA (In print)

(Numerous additional publications between 1983 and 2006 - unlisted due to space constraints)

• 2007 Naturopathic Physical Medicine Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2008 Positional Release Techniques 3rd edition Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh
• 2009 Palpation Skills 3rd edition Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2009 Fibromyalgia Syndrome 3rd edition Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2011 Clinical Applications of Neuromuscular Techniques: Volume 2: Lower Body. 2nd edition. Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2011 Modern Neuromuscular Techniques 3rd edition Churchill Livingstone Edinburgh
• 2012 Chronic Pelvic Pain: Practical Physical Medicine Approaches. Co-editor Ruth Lovegrove PhD Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2012 Co-Editor (with Schleip, Findley and Huijing) : Fascia in Manual & Movement Therapy - The tensional network of the human body (For Elsevier/Germany and UK)
• 2012 Co-Editor (with Fernandez-de-las-Penas and Schoenen) Multidisciplinary Management of Migraine: Pharmacological, Manual and Other Therapies (For Jones & Bartlett, Boston)
• 2013 Muscle Energy Techniques 4th edition Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh
• 2014 Recognising and treating Breathing Disorders. 2nd edition. Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, Edinburgh



Website == www.leonchaitow.com

Contact Details == [email protected]

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