Reddit reviews Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 6th Edition

This is what I have in my library off the top of my head:

Magee - Orthopedic Assessment - Good for special tests, differential diagnosis, and general background knowledge. This is the first textbook many PT schools ask their students to purchase.



Joint Structure and Function - A good biomechanics textbook if you're interested. I remember it being assigned in both my undergrad kinesiology class as well as Biomechanics and Adv. Biomechanics in PT school.


Observational Gait Analysis - Good gait analysis text but super detailed. It is out of Ranchos Los Amigos, one of the foremost gait mechanic analysis institutions in the US.



Mulligan - Manual Therapy - A great resource, but Mulligan was kind of a strange fellow so keep that in mind.


Manual Therapy - Advanced - Great read, but honestly kind of pricey and probably not worth the cost for an OT. PT though? Definitely recommend.



American College of Sports Medicine - Super convenient to have. Great for medical exercise dosage and cardiopulmonary considerations.


Therapeutic Exercise Foundations - Good read, with some manual therapy thrown in.

If you're super intense, though, you'll want Sahrmann's Book.


To be honest, as a student of any discipline, I'd recommend just making a free account on hep2go.com and looking through their exercises to brush up. The above reads are great if you are interested, though, and I'd recommend for any PT library.



Hope this helps!

How are you with Anatomy? If not so great, first get this and learn as much in there as you can. Especially the neuro-musculo-skeletal stuff.

Now that you kind of know a little about anatomy, you'll need to learn how all those parts work. I recommend this kinesiology textbook.

Now that you know all the pieces and how they're supposed to work together, you'll need a text that talks about musculoskeletal dysfunctions and how to go about managing some of those conditions with exercise and other forms of treatment. I recommend this text for that.

Good luck!

Maybe I'm not totally understanding your question-- there are books about therapeutic exercise (here's a bible for you), but there isn't always a perfect correlation between disorder --> exercise/stretch. So there may not be one perfect resource if I'm understanding correctly.

Would also recommend calling up a local PT, and seeing if they can help. I'm a student so I have access to faculty and textbooks etc, so let me know if I can point you in a better direction