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"Very useful and well illustrated book on massage sequence/technique. This book demonstrates the benefits of Ken Eyerman's unique relaxation techniques. Fully illustrated with black & white photographs, step by step instructions and diagrams. "No other guide to the art of communicating, relaxing and healing by touch is as comprehensive and as illuminating""

"Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings,Deep Tissue Massageis the standard guide to the essentials of touch, biomechanics, and positioning options for a multitude of strategies to treat all major conditions encountered in a bodywork practice. The book is divided into three sections. "Fundamentals" covers basic skills of palpation, explaining the deeper layers of the body and presenting detailed instruction on working with these layers to release tension. This section gives clear information on the proper use of knuckles, fist, forearms, and elbows in preventing injury to the therapist. "Strategies" offers more precise protocols and treatment plans for the entire body with emphasis on client positioning options to stretch muscles rather than just kneading tissues. "Caveats" details areas in which the practitioner needs to exercise caution. Deep Tissue Massagepresents a wealth of information in a way the therapist can immediately utilize. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a preface to the new edition, a foreword, an index, a Suggested Reading list, and extended sections on integrating deep-tissue massage into bodywork practice and the psychology of treating injuries."

"The Second Edition of Mosby's FUNDAMENTALS OF THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, now in four-color, covers all of the fundamentals of therapeutic massage and teaches the reader how to skillfully apply massage techniques. It provides information on sanitation, hygiene, body mechanics, business practices, ethics, massage equipment and supplies, draping procedures, various massage environments, wellness and much more. A new, interactive format integrates workbook sections at the end of each chapter."

"The Second Edition of Mosby's FUNDAMENTALS OF THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, now in four-color, covers all of the fundamentals of therapeutic massage and teaches the reader how to skillfully apply massage techniques. It provides information on sanitation, hygiene, body mechanics, business practices, ethics, massage equipment and supplies, draping procedures, various massage environments, wellness and much more. A new, interactive format integrates workbook sections at the end of each chapter."

"Massage is probably the oldest form of physical therapy known to man. Most cultures in the world have developed some form of massage technique to help relieve pain. As well as helping ease discomfort, massage is very enjoyable - most of us like to be touched, and being massaged enhances our mental and spiritual wellbeing, as well as the physical."

"Massage is probably the oldest form of physical therapy known to man. Most cultures in the world have developed some form of massage technique to help relieve pain. As well as helping ease discomfort, massage is very enjoyable - most of us like to be touched, and being massaged enhances our mental and spiritual wellbeing, as well as the physical."

"This book aims to present, in a single volume, the best of modern massage research.While research indicates that 1 in 3 Americans use alternative health care modalities, little research has been completed and disseminated in the area of massage therapy. This volume will present about ten chapters in areas of research probably including studies of massage for: stress (post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression, abuse), spinal cord injuries, enhancing growth (pregnancy and infancy), pain reduction (rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, migraine, and fibromyalgia), pediatrics, the elderly, increasing employee satisfaction (chair massage), enhancing cognition (alertness, autism), and/or immunity (HIV, cancer)."

"This combines the classically accepted ideology of the past with today's new concepts. [In the textbook, the authors] use modern educational techniques to bridge the gap between old and new, thus creating the highest quality educational and reference materials to be found in the field of massage therapy. [The] primary aim is to provide the fundamental topics that massage therapy schools must teach students to prepare them for a career in massage therapy."