Helping the reader to understand how the human body moves and maintains posture, as well as how it walks and runs, this is the perfect guide for movement-oriented therapists, students, and athletes. The Concise Book of the Moving Body is broken down into nine easily digestible chapters, covering anatomical terms, tissues, bones, the axial and appendicular skeletons, joints, peripheral nerve supply, the musculoskeletal system, and the musculoskeletal system in everyday life. Easy to use and fully illustrated with more than 500 full-color drawings, this highly visual book explains complicated and often confusing concepts with clarity and precision. While designed for the student and beginning practitioner of anatomy, massage, bodywork, physical therapy, chiropractic medicine, physiotherapy, yoga, and Pilates, this second edition of The Concise Book of the Moving Body is equally useful for athletes and anyone interested in the workings of the human body. The late Chris Jarmey, MCSP, DS, MRSS, achieved the credential of chartered physiotherapist in 1979, and he taught anatomy, Shiatsu, qigong, and bodywork therapy throughout Europe. This new edition has been updated with the addition of two new chapters. "Peripheral Nerve Supply" has been written by Daniel Guemby, MBBS (Hons), BSc (Hons), BSc Med Sci, MRCS, MRCP, FRCA, who has taught anatomy to medical and science students at St. Andrew's University and University College London.

Quemby is also a consultant anesthetist, expedition doctor, and author. "The Musculoskeletal System in Everyday Life" has been written by Jim Odell, MSc, who is a chiropractor with an interest in sports injuries. With master's degrees in both biomechanics and pain management, he lectured in functional anatomy and biomechanics for 20 years and is currently a research supervisor in the master's program at McTimoney College of Chiropractic-Oxford.