Deep Tissue Massage, Revised: A Visual Guide to Techniques
by Art Riggs
from North Atlantic Books
Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings, Deep Tissue Massage is 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 Massage presents 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.
A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology (Lww Massage Therapy & Bodywork Educational)
by Ruth Werner
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Encyclopedia of Thai Massage
by C. Pierce Salguero
from Findhorn Press
Plain & Simple Guide to Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork Certification (Lww Massage Therapy & Bodywork Educational)
by Laura Allen
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Thai Massage: Sacred Body Work (Avery Health Guides)
by Ananda Apfelbaum
from Avery
A uniquely relaxing yet energizing way to achieve balance and healing.
Traditional Thai massage is a dynamic yet comparatively little-known form of bodywork that combines elements of acupressure, stretching, reflexology, the application of herbal compresses, prayer, and meditation. This therapy has benefits for anyone-young or old, active or inactive, healthy or not. Sometimes called "lazy man's yoga," it stretches the muscles, increases the joints' range of motion, and balances the flow of energy throughout the body to promote healing and well-being.
Thai Massage provides fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions that enable the reader to use this integrative and interactive therapy (with a partner) at home. It also explains the history and philosophy behind the techniques and discusses their connections with Buddhist thought and practice, yoga, Ayurveda, the body's energy lines, and acupressure. It is a complete guide to an ancient practice that benefits body, mind, and spirit.
The The Educated Heart: Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Teachers (LWW In Touch Series)
by Nina McIntosh
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Pain Erasure
by Bonnie Prudden
from M. Evans and Company, Inc.
After twenty-five years in print, this book has been a godsend for hundreds of thousands of readers. When trigger points are released (and this book teaches how it is done) relief comes immediately.
Thai Yoga Massage: A Dynamic Therapy for Physical Well-Being and Spiritual Energy
by Kam Thye Chow
from Healing Arts Press
A paperback edition with DVD featuring a unique massage therapy that combines stretching, breath work, assisted yoga postures, and pressure point therapy
• Text includes more than 125 black-and-white photographs of instructional postures
• DVD features author demonstrating techniques for performing a one-hour massage
In the temples of Thailand many centuries ago, a dynamic bodywork therapy based on yoga, ayurveda, and the martial arts was born. In this unique healing system of Thai Yoga Massage, the practitioner guides the recipient through a series of yoga postures while palming and thumbing along the body’s energy lines and pressure points. Together these actions result in a treatment that relieves muscular tension, improves circulation, boosts the immune system, and balances the body energetically.
In this paperback edition of Thai Yoga Massage, Kam Thye Chow not only leads readers through every aspect of this ancient bodywork therapy using more than 125 detailed, step-by-step photographs, but he also demonstrates the techniques for performing a one-hour massage in the accompanying DVD. Kam Thye Chow is one of the world’s foremost practitioners and has taught massage in Thailand and throughout Europe and North America. With this text and DVD set, his personal training is now available for those who wish to see the techniques demonstrated live as a complement to the points discussed in the text.
Qigong Massage, 2nd Edition: Fundamental Techniques for Health and Relaxation
by Jwing-Ming Yang
from YMAA Publication Center
Massage is one of the most common practices in Chinese medicine and Qigong training. This second edition presents additional Qigong massage techniques and updated training theory for the practical use of massage on a partner or on yourself.
Self-Massage for Athletes
by Rich Poley
from Two Hand Press, LLC
Massage away your aches and pains. Self-Massage for Athletes will have you feeling better fast by showing you how to apply the same strokes and techniques used by professional massage therapists. With chapters on acupressure, trigger point therapy, shower massage, and more. Clearly written and beautifully photographed, this handy guide is your invitation to join the millions of active people who already use self-massage to improve the way they feel and perform. Complete with more than 100 photos, 176 pages, and index.
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