PAINS OF THE SPINE

SMT Manual Therapy Technique

By: Shamsul Azhar B. Mahmood

Physiotherapist (PT, MMPA), Founder MMT

Publisher: Ct publishing

No 9, Jln Kebun Nenas 2G / KS 7, Bandar Putera, 41000 Klang, Selangor. Tel: 0133518732 Ct_book@yahoo.com.my

Copyright 2010 Shamsul Azhar B. Mahmood @ Abd Hamid

Cetakan Pertama 2010 ISBN 978-983-42263-6-7 Pains of the Spine

All right reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

National Library of Malaysia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Translator: Kamarul Zafik (HP: 012 6917041)

Shamsul Azhar B. Mahmood Pains of the Spine ISBN 978-983-42263-6-7

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

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Chapter 1

Your Spine

Chapter 2

Assessment of the Spine

13

Chapter 3

SMT Treatment Technique

27

Chapter 4

Cervical or Neck pain

37

Chapter 5

Thoracic or Scapula Blade pain

59

Chapter 6 Chapter 7

Lumbar or Waist pain Clinical Treatment Proof

81

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Preface ---------------------------------------------v About the Writer --------------------------------------------- 113 iii

To my wife and children. Especially for Siti Fatimah Aqilah.

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PREFACE Praise and thanks be to Allah for giving me the strength and knowledge to write this book. It was difficult in the early stages because of the medical terms that need to be suited for the public. Nevertheless with the strength given, I finally managed to complete this book. This book is about pain of the back bone. Most of us suffer this pain. Whether we realize it or not, this pain approaches us everyday if we do not have the knowledge on how to take care of the backbone. We must take heed of this pain that comes gradually because chronic cases begin with symptoms that gradually turns into serious ailment such as PID, slipped disc, arthritis facet, myopathy, spordilolisthesis and many more. This book is suitable for readers with basic knowledge of back bone treatment, modern or alternative medicine and general health knowledge. The techniques explained are original formula that I have come up with and bear no resemblance with other techniques. Therefore there will be some new medical terms. I truly hope that readers and medical practitioners can benefit from this book Pains of the Back Bone and that they may practice it for their own sake and for the sake of the public, God willing. Thank you.

THE ABUNDANCE

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. To you have We granted the Fount (of Abundance), Therefore to your Lord turn in Prayer and Sacrifice, For he who hates you he will be cut off (from Future Hope).

AL KAUTSAR

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