Preface
Tidy’s Physiotherapy returns for its fifteenth edition and for a third time I have been entrusted with the task of editing it. Once again in this new edition, experts from a wide range of clinical and academic backgrounds have produced chapters that give physiotherapy students a clearly laid out reference guide, whilst at the same time encouraging them to problem-solve and facilitate their learning. With my team of authors, we have maintained the strong core that has become the hallmark of this textbook and added some new chapters, for example, on reflection, leadership, neurodynamics and acupuncture. Each author brings their own professional experience and flavour to the chapters and the final result is a textbook which is palatable and accessible to students and practitioners alike.
As usual my thanks to all my students who teach us so very much.
I would like to give specific thanks to Rita Demetriou-Swanwick, Veronika Watkins and Clive Hewat at Elsevier for their support. The following people have been an invaluable source of opinions and comments: Debra Dunlop, Angie Fairhurst, Natalie Ingham, Kirsty Smith, Basharat Kahn, Evaggelia Moriatis, Daniel Richards, Rebecca Borsbey, Andrew Gerling, Charlotte Kelly, Natasha Barrett, Rachel Sellens, Andrew Lockhart, Laura Jane Cowdell, Louis Platt, Sante Saleh, Paul Cieplak, Martyn Matthews, Suzanne (Binns) McCollum, Gemma Hepburn, Stacey Arthern, Paul Wike, Sviatlana Birukova, Nina Dean, Gemma Dickinson, Jennifer Littler, Sarah Willians, Adam Newall, Rita Ijeomah, Andrew Lee, Alisha Alford, Darragh Sheehy, Adrianna Hynowska, Nicola deJong, Alisha Alford, Rachel Squibbs, Daniel Rix and Alex Long.
For the Southeast Asia edition I am indebted to Kush Yadav BPT, MSc in advancing physiotherapy, Gurpreet Singh BPT MSc in advancing physiotherapy and Suhas Deshmukh BPY MSc in advancing physiotherapy.
Finally, my wife whose love and support spur me on, and my daughters, who may have outgrown my lap but will never outgrow my heart.
PhD, BSc (Hons), GradDipPhys, MCSP, FHEA, SRP, CertMHS
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