The introductory teaching and practice book provides you with concrete action guidelines based on the Brügger concept for assessing and treating functional disorders that you frequently encounter in practice. All components of Brügger therapy are presented in detail with many photo sequences: you will learn about reflexive pathophysiological protective mechanisms. You will discover how these mechanisms are caused by functional disorders and subsequently trigger altered postural and movement patterns that can lead to pain in the musculoskeletal system (functional diseases). The individual steps of functional diagnostics are systematically worked through. Therapeutic measures and self-exercises for treating the so-called disturbing factors are demonstrated. Typical clinical presentations are used as examples for diagnostic purposes.