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. 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