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Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance by James L. Oschman

Authors: James L. Oschman
ISBN-13: 9780750654005, ISBN-10: 0750654007
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: James L. Oschman

Book Synopsis

Focusing on the wealth of information emerging in the area of energy medicine, this unique resource explores mechanisms by which mind and body processes influence the body's healing and performance potential. Content draws on an extraordinary range of sources to explore theories of human energy — from physiology and biophysics, to examples drawn from the realms of "spontaneous healing," cutting-edge athletic and artistic performance, the martial arts, and various contemplative and spiritual practices. Providing new insights and theoretical models, it offers ways to apply these concepts directly, practically, and clinically.

  • Provides an understanding of the nature of energy medicine by exploring science and common experience
  • Explains complex scientific concepts in ways that are both vivid and easy to grasp
  • Connects abstract theories with practical applications
  • Addresses technical detail in a manner that allows readers from different backgrounds and with different depths of experience to choose their own level of access
  • Includes detailed references with cutting-edge research and time-tested studies for the most well rounded perspective on the subject
  • Written by a well-known and highly respected author in this complex and emerging field of study

  • Table of Contents

    Foreword
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Prologue
    Introduction: Energy Medicine Today
    Ch. 1A Brief History of Energy Medicine1
    Ch. 2Energy Medicine Today13
    Ch. 3A Place for Science24
    Ch. 4Prof Takes on Cancer29
    Ch. 5A Kitten and a Fly36
    Ch. 6Sensation and Movement at the Edge42
    Ch. 7Another Way of Knowing and Moving50
    Ch. 8Introducing the Living Matrix57
    Ch. 9Properties of the Living Matrix84
    Ch. 10The Living Matrix and Acupuncture120
    Ch. 11More Clues from Acupuncture139
    Ch. 12Continuum in Natural Systems164
    Ch. 13A Crisis in Bioenergetics190
    Ch. 14Introducing Biological Coherence193
    Ch. 15Limitations of the Neuron Doctrine216
    Ch. 16Sensation and Movement225
    Ch. 17Neural Communication239
    Ch. 18Muscle Contraction242
    Ch. 19Biological Coherence: The Davydov Soliton248
    Ch. 20Solitons and Muscle Contraction257
    Ch. 21Sensing Solitons in Soft Tissues262
    Ch. 22Soft Tissue Memory268
    Ch. 23Soft Tissue Holography281
    Ch. 24A Continuum Pathway for Sensation and Movement296
    Ch. 25Quantum Coherence in the Living Matrix300
    Afterword313
    App. AJohn McDearmon Moore, Jr.338
    App. BMagnetobiology and Electro-dynamic Fields in Therapeutics and Human Performance342
    App. CMechanism of Energy Transduction in Biological Systems: New York Academy of Sciences Conference346

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