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Massage Therapy

Principles and Practice

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4160-3652-4
Verlag: Saunders
Erscheinungstermin: 15.06.2007
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Massage Therapy: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition gives you everything you need to learn and apply the basic principles of massage therapy with ease! This new edition is more straightforward and easy-to-use than ever, with a new DVD that brings techniques and procedures to life, complete coverage of the latest emerging therapy options and target groups, and new practice materials to help you prepare for certification exams and therapeutic practice. Heavily illustrated and thoroughly revised to cover the widest range of modalities and massage topics in one book, it's the foundation for massage therapy success!


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781416036524
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-4160-3652-4
  • Verlag: Saunders
  • Erscheinungstermin: 15.06.2007
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 3. Auflage 2007
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Hardback with DVD
  • Seiten: 928
  • Format (B x H): 216 x 276 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

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Unit One: Surveying the Territory: History, Standards, Boundaries, Equipment and Environment

1. A Historical Perspective of Massage

2. The Therapeutic Relationship Enhanced!

3. Tools of the Trade and the Massage Environment

Unit Two: Benefits, Contraindications, Screening, Technique, and Special Considerations for the Massage Practitioner

4. Health, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Safety Standards

5. Massage Physiology: Benefits, Indications, Contraindications, and Endangerment Sites Enhanced!

6. The Science of Body and Table Mechanics

7. Classifying Swedish Massage Movements

8. Assessment and Planning Enhanced!

9. Pregnancy and Infant Massage New!

10. Adaptive Massage Enhanced!

Unit Three: Anatomy and Physiology for the Massage Therapist

11. Introduction to the Human Body

12. Integumentary System

13. Skeletal System

14. Skeletal Nomenclature

15. Muscular System

16. Muscular Nomenclature and Kinesiology

17. Nervous System

18. Endocrine Glands and Hormones

19. Circulatory and Lymphatic/Immune Systems

20. Respiratory System

21. Digestive System

22. Urinary System

23. Reproductive System New!

Unit Four: A User's Guide to Complementary and Adjunctive Therapies

24. Hydrotherapy and Spa Applications Enhanced!

25. Foot Reflexology New!

26. Clinical Massage for Sports and Rehabilitation Enhanced!

27. Seated Massage

28. Eastern Massage Therapies Enhanced!

Unit Five: Business Practices

29. The Business of Massage Enhanced!

Appendices

A. The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Code of Ethics

B. The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Standards of Practice

C. Common Abbreviations, Symbols, Prescriptive Directions, Medical Terminology, Pathologies, Modalities, and Findings

D. Nutrition New!

E. Pharmacology New!

Glossary

Index