{"product_id":"the-proprioceptive-patient-caroline-joy-y-co-9798184222110","title":"The Proprioceptive Patient: A Clinical Guide to Proprioceptive Training, Body Awareness, and Sensorimotor Confidence in Physical Therapy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProprioception is more than balance. It is how patients learn to sense, control, and trust movement again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Proprioceptive Patient\u003c\/i\u003e is an evidence-informed clinical guide for physical therapists, rehabilitation professionals, educators, and students who want to think more precisely about proprioceptive training, body awareness, movement accuracy, and sensorimotor confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo often, proprioception is reduced to wobble boards, foam pads, eyes-closed balance drills, or vague documentation phrases such as \"poor proprioception.\" This book takes a deeper and more practical approach. It explains proprioception as a clinical reasoning category involving joint position sense, kinesthesia, force sense, load awareness, sensory reweighting, body schema, motor learning, and functional transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a clear, clinically grounded style, this book helps therapists ask better questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does this patient need to sense?\u003cbr\u003eWhen does the patient lose movement accuracy?\u003cbr\u003eIs the problem position, movement, force, load, fear, fatigue, visual dependence, or confidence?\u003cbr\u003eWhat feedback helps?\u003cbr\u003eHow should that feedback be faded?\u003cbr\u003eWhat real-life task proves that learning has transferred?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, readers will find a comprehensive discussion of proprioceptive rehabilitation across orthopedic, neurologic, pediatric, geriatric, chronic pain, and sports populations. Topics include ankle instability, ACL rehabilitation, shoulder and cervical proprioception, low back pain, stroke, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, fall risk, chronic pain, pediatric body awareness, return to sport, technology-assisted feedback, and plan-of-care development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book also includes practical appendices with assessment templates, treatment progressions, documentation examples, patient education handouts, glossary terms, and quick-reference tables designed for real clinical use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of \u003cb\u003eThe Clinical Reasoning in Physical Therapy Series\u003c\/b\u003e, this volume connects current research with practical patient care and is updated with current research through 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for clinicians who want to move beyond generic \"balance training\" and develop more specific, thoughtful, and functional proprioceptive rehabilitation plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the goal is not simply to make exercises harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal is to help patients feel their bodies more clearly, move with greater accuracy, and return to life with more confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Joy y. Co\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798184222110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.83d","brand":"Caroline Joy y. Co","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997827477759,"sku":"9798184222110","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-proprioceptive-patient-caroline-joy-y-co-9798184222110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}