About the Book

Tendon and Ligament Healing
By William Weintraub, M.S.
236 pages
58 illustrations and photos 

Here is a clear, solid basis for non-surgical recovery from high numbers of chronic, unyielding sports and work injuries with the author's new hands-on osteopathic-style approach that is a breakthrough in tendon and ligament healing. It will hold strong interest for athletes and all active people, therapists, sports/movement trainers, and people seeking effective health care options.

The book features thorough case accounts of recovery, guidelines for self-care and sports injuries, dynamic research in the field, and illustrates techniques of this innovative low-force treatment. Serious ligament or tendon injuries are usually thought to have no hope of recovery without surgery, which has had very mixed results.

"This is an important publication because of the skills, light and optimism it brings to chronic tendon/ligament injury. Weintraub escapes a certain pessimism inherent in the standard treatment in this area, and he offers new possibilities for therapists and patients alike when dealing with these difficult problems, with his effective approach."
-- Fritz Frederick Smith, M.D., founder, Zero Balancing; author, Inner Bridges

"an in-depth and impressive review of connective tissue dynamics. Weintraub's case reports allow the reader to follow a step-by-step process of his evaluation and treatment procedures resulting in a successful outcome where traditional rehabilitation approaches have failed."
-- Sandy L. Burkart, Ph.D., P.T., past President, Orthopaedic Section, APTA

"Bill Weintraub is a skilled practitioner, his patients call him a true healer. I consider Bill an invaluable resource for the people we see in Dancemedicine, many of whom need help with serious tendon and ligament problems. 
-- Diana Herold, Dancemedicine Supervisor, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, Center for Sports Medicine

This book illustrates the innovative treatment model that Weintraub has developed for these injuries. 

17 thorough case accounts and an illustrated technique section demonstrate this low-force manual method for a variety of injuries, avoiding surgery while promoting full recovery. 

The book aids people's involvement in their own healing process through its many useful suggestions. 

"As a practicing orthopaedic surgeon, I find Bill Weintraub's approach to chronic tendon/ligament injury to be innovative and refreshing. In his synthesis of conventional and complementary wisdom Weintraub has created a valuable new approach to the manual therapy methods for handling recalcitrant inflammatory processes.
-- A.B. Flick, M.D., Dipl. American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, American Academics of Pain, Wound Management

Weintraub has written a synthesis of recent scientific research on connective tissue which reveals a more potent healing response of tendons/ligaments than found in standard medical theory. 

It provides insight into the training and essential attributes of the therapist. 

"Bill Weintraub has written this book with the careful, comprehensive attention with which he approaches each of his patients. His creative intelligence and subtle hands-on mastery make this an essential book for clinicians treating and persons suffering from chronic tendon and ligament injuries who believe that if they only knew how, healing is a natural process. 
-- Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, O.T.R., founder, Body-Mind Centering; author, Sensing, Feeling and Action

"Bill Weintraub, M.S., is at the same time an excellent therapist and a researcher who has produced this very valuable, clear, highly interesting work in the area of tendon/ligament treatment. 
-- Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O., Chairman, Dept. of Manipulation, Faculty of Medicine, Paris du Nord; author, Visceral Manipulation I and II, The Thorax
 

About the author: 

William Weintraub has a Masters degree in Biomechanics from Antioch University. He has practiced and taught structural/osteopathic therapy in the San Francisco Bay Area for 29 years. He is a Registered Movement Therapist.  His extensive training in osteopathic and related techniques includes Practitioner Certifications in Body-Mind Centering, Counterstrain technique, and acupressure therapy.

Second revised, expanded edition, 2003
Paradigm Publications
7" x 10"
236 pages
Price: $22.95, trade paper
ISBN: 0-912111-73-9
Distributed to the book trade by Redwing Book Company