Articles
The following articles were written by David Tierney who owns the copyright. Please do not quote without reference or copy without permission.
Articles with hyperlinks are available on-line. It is intended to place the remainder on-line but they can be made available on disc in the interim. The information in these articles are published to aid understanding of yoga and sports therapy techniques as taught and used by the author of this site. The author cannot be held responsible for loss, damage or injury that resulting from practicing anything of these techniques, exercises or postures without his direct supervision.
Physiotherapy: Literature review with reference to the Maitland and Mulligan techniques.
Rehabilitation
of Chronic Low Back Pain for Yoga Practitioners.
Part 1: Spinal Structure, Function and Causes of Back Pain
Part 2: Yoga based programme for Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Part 3: Literature Review for Rehabilitation of Chronic Loe Back Pain
Joint stability, posture and pain. Literature review
Stretching exercises and the low back (co-authored
with Sarah Chipperfield, Senior lecturer in physiotherapy, University of
Huddersfield).
Part I: Introduction to
stretching in the Lumbar Spine. Physiology and biomechanics.
Part II: Evidence Based exercise for Low Back Pain.
Part III: Biomechanical analysis of lumbar spine
exercises
Part IV: Etiology of mechanical low back pain
and the implications for stretching.
Stretching - a History: Literature Review
Stress as an adaptive response
Training Plan for Yoga Practice