Dermo Neuro Modulating: Manual Treatment for Peripheral Nerves and Especially Cutaneous Nerves Hardcover – November 25, 2016

Great book for learnig this tehnique.

I've been a manual and massage therapist since 1994, and am also an educator and curriculum writer in the profession. This is HANDS-DOWN a must have in your library, and if I had to pick only one textbook recommendation for any program, this is the one. It is one of the very few that is in line with the most current understandings of neuroscience and touch physiology.Clearly and beautifully written. Clean easy-to-follow images. A resource you will continue to reach for and learn from again and again. Mine is so worn from reading and rereading! And that's a good thing :) And the price options are extremely accessible for anyone. Don't hesitate and just add it to your cart. This is coming from someone who screens textbooks for a living ;)

This should be required reading for anyone using their hands to help people in pain.I've followed Diane's writings online and attended her course in person. This book takes all the best of her ideas and puts them in a very easy reading format, but at the same time includes copious references. For those that have attended Diane's course, the treatment section is very nearly identical to what is included in the more recent editions of the DNM course manual. But even having several variations on the manual I find the book (ebook in my case) to be a valuable addition. The beginning of the book gives an overview of principles, including numerous clinical pearls. For those that just want to learn enough to put this manual therapy framework "to work", the information in the beginning chapters will likely satisfy this desire. But I highly suggest reading to the end, as the principles are all repeated, in greater detail. The repetition increases and deepens understanding which is really what learning DNM is about. Understanding the enormous complexity of the pain experience and how all facets of an evaluation and treatment encounter can have effects on a person's experience, ranging from subtle to enormous. Thank you Diane!

I wish pictures could be better.

Obsessed with this book. Diane Jacobs does a phenomenal job breaking down complex ideas (and busting common myths) in easy-to-understand language. It's fun to read, and has practical suggestions that can immediately be applied in the treatment room. A must read for any massage therapist who wants to treat pain and tension, this book was my first introduction to DNM, and allowed me to help clients years before I finally took an in-person class.

I have been learning from Diane Jacobs, in some form, for several years now, so I was excited to learn of her new book. I do not consider myself a manual therapist in any sense, and I was not exactly looking to learn more simply due to the dogma surrounding the different manual therapy schools out there. However, Diane does an excellent job presenting her thoughts and framework from a biological, or more specifically, a neurological perspective, as opposed to the structural approach that most manual therapies take. This was refreshing, as I feel there should be a high bar of biological plausibility for a treatment before implementation.I am still working through the book, so I cannot comment on the techniques specifically, but Diane does an excellent job presenting these as options, and emphasizes that the underlying reasoning process is more important. I would certainly recommend this book if you are working with clients in pain, and if you are looking to learn about manual therapy from a more biological point of view.

Diane's book is a wonderful guide for learning how to place manual therapy within a biopsychosocial framework of treatment (rather than the traditional structural, biomedical approach). DNM is more of a framework than a method and I have found it quite a relief to practice in this way, as opposed to thinking you need to or are trying to change structure with your hands. This book (and Diane's website) advocates for a more interactive approach and that what you are actually doing with manual therapy is working with the nervous system, which is more in line with current thinking in pain science. The approach is gentle, seeking to ease pain output rather than inflict added nociception; it is also easy on the practitioner's body. I have also taken an in person weekend class from Diane learning DNM and highly recommend it...although plenty can be gained from just reading and practicing the applications from the book.

Dermo Neuro Modulaing is smart, thoughtful, accessible and educational. I only wish more of my textbooks in Massage Therapy school were written in this style. I really enjoy the way the book is laid out and how it is written. I bought both the paperback and the kindle edition so I have access in my preferred method (paperback) or on the go (kindle).