Recommended Books
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IMAP Training Level I Recommended Reading
- Muscles: Testing and Function, with Posture and Pain
(Kendall, Muscles) by Florence Peterson Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall McCreary, Patricia Geise Provance, and Mary McIntyre Rodgers (Hardcover - Feb 1, 2005)
- Orthopedic Physical Assessment
(Orthopedic Physical Assessment (Magee)) by David J. Magee PhD BPT (Hardcover - Dec 10, 2007)
- How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy!
by Paul Chek (Paperback - Feb 7, 2004)
- The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry
by William Linz Wolcott and Trish Fahey (Paperback - Jan 2, 2002)
- Mechanical Low Back Pain: Perspectives in Functional Anatomy
by James A. Porterfield and Carl Derosa (Hardcover - Jan 1998)
- Therapeutic Exercise for Lumbopelvic Stabilization: A Motor Control Approach for the Treatment and Prevention of Low Back Pain
by Carolyn Richardson, Paul Hodges, and Julie Hides (Hardcover - Oct 9, 2004)
- Symptoms Of Visceral Disease- A Study Of The Vegetative Nervous System In Its Relationship To Clinical Medicine
by Francis Marion Pottenger (Paperback - April 14, 2009)
- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
by WESTON A. PRICE
- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Breathing Pattern Disorders
Leon Chaitow ND DO, Dinah Bradley DipPhys NZRP MNZSP, and Chris Gilbert PhD (Paperback - Jan 15, 2002)
- Muscle Energy Techniques
by Leon Chaitow ND DO, Craig Liebenson DC(Chapter 5: Manual resistance techniques in rehabilitation), Donald R. Murphy DC DACAN, and Leon Chaitow (Paperback - Aug 3, 2001)
- Rehabilitation of the Spine: A Practitioner's Manual
by Craig Liebenson (Hardcover - Mar 3, 2006)
- Upper Cervical Subluxation Complex: A Review of the Chiropractic and Medical Literature
by Kirk Eriksen (Hardcover - Nov 1, 2003)
- The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles
by Bruce H. Lipton Ph.D. (Hardcover - Sep 15, 2008)
- Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
by Sally Fallon (Paperback - Oct 1, 1999)
Level II & Level III Recommended Reading
- Periodization: Theory and Methodology of Training
(Jul 2, 2009) by Tudor O., Ph.D. Bompa and G. Gregory, Ph.D. Haff
- Modern Trends in Strength Training: Volume 1, Sets and Reps
(Second Edition) by Charles Poliquin (Paperback - Mar 2001)
- Science and Practice of Strength Training
Second Edition by Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky and William J. Kraemer (Hardcover - May 30, 2006)
- Quantum Strength & Power Training: Gaining the Winning Edge
(Jun 1998) by Pat O'Shea
- The Fungus Link, Know the Cause!
(Volume 3) by Doug A. Kaufmann, M.D. David Holland, and R.N. Jami Clark (Paperback - 2005)
- Secrets of Soviet sports fitness and training
(1987) by Michael Yessis, Michael Yessis PhD, and Richard Trubo
- Strength and How to Obtain It
by Eugen Sandow (Paperback - Nov 30, 2005)
- The Great Kettlebell Handbook
by Michael Jespersen and James Talo (Paperback - Jul 9, 2008)
- Bruce Lees Jeet Kune Do.
(Feb 1, 1998) by Bruce Lee
- Practical Programming for Strength Training
by Mark Rippetoe And Lon Kilgore and Glenn Pendlay (Paperback - Sep 29, 2006)
- The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
(Oct 14, 2003) by Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Sharon Begley
- Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind
by Joe Dispenza (Paperback - Oct 22, 2008)
- Supertraining
by Mel C. Siff
Recommended DVDs
- What the Bleep!? - Down the Rabbit Hole
Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, and Robert Bailey Jr. (DVD - 2006)
- One The Movie
Deepak Chopra; Robert Thurman; Thich Nhat Hahn; Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev; Llewellyn VaughanLee and more (DVD - 2006)
- The Future of Food
Exequiel Ezcurra, Sara Maamouri, Percy Schmeiser, and Andrew Kimbrell (DVD - 2007)
- Food, Inc.
Eric Schlosser (DVD - 2009)
- Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training
Mark Rippetoe (DVD - 2009)