The Sensitive Nervous System

The years since the publication of David

Butler’s Mobilisation of the Nervous System

have seen the rapid growth and influence

of the powerful and linked forces of the

neurobiological revolution, the evidencebased

movement, restless patients and

clinicians.

In The Sensitive Nervous System Butler has

brought together the key elements of best

current practice for manual therapists and

presented them within an immediately

accessible clinical framework. He

encourages an evidence-based approach,

underpinned by basic science. In this

book, his aim is to demystify the scientific

processes behind neurodynamics and the

pain revolution and give therapists

practical tools for clinical use.

More than giving recipes for treatment in

the clinic, The Sensitive Nervous System

encourages movement-based therapists

of any persuasion to view their work,

patients and methods through fresh eyes.

Through his own rich clinical and

teaching experience, Butler invites

clinicians to be inventive, scientific and

methodical in order to benefit all

stakeholders in the patient’s outcome.