A Massage Therapists Guide To Pathology
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| Author | : Ruth A. Werner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : |
Now in full color and thoroughly updated, this Third Edition is an indispensable resource for massage therapy students and practicing massage therapists. This best-selling guide presents detailed information on over 200 diseases and conditions, emphasizing how massage influences the disease and healing processes and how therapists can maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks. The new art program features enhanced line drawings and full-color photographs of skin conditions ranging from mild to severe. A new appendix on medications explains how bodywork may influence the actions of various drugs. A back-of-book CD-ROM includes a self-testing tool, animations demonstrating pathophysiology concepts, and audio pronunciations for medical terminology.
| Author | : Tracy Walton |
| Publisher | : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0781769221 |
Present this quick, effective method for assessing and managing common medical conditions! The central tool of this text is the decision tree, a simple flowchart that helps students quickly determine the optimal massage therapy approach for specific medical conditions. A Decision Tree is included for each of the more than 50 conditions discussed in the book, with massage considerations listed for numerous additional conditions in brief. Also unique to this text are questions therapists can ask clients during the interview process to help the therapist understand not just the medical condition, but how it presents in a particular client.
| Author | : Debra Koerner |
| Publisher | : F.A. Davis |
| Total Pages | : 429 |
| Release | : 2013-03-22 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0803639015 |
Rely on Success from the Start for the inspiration and practical business guidance you need to enjoy a long and rewarding career in massage therapy. Business naiveté is one of the primary reasons massage therapists leave the profession. The author has written this text to provide you with the business skills you need to envision and then launch a successful career. Set yourself on your path to success—right from the start.
| Author | : Pat Archer |
| Publisher | : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Total Pages | : 896 |
| Release | : 2012-03-14 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1451179707 |
Provides all of the anatomy and physiology knowledge a massage therapist needs in a way they can better understand! Applied Anatomy and Physiology for Manual Therapists is a clear, accurate, simple, and comprehensive A&P textbook that focuses on the needs of students in manual therapy education programs. It is a focused text that deliberately emphasizes the information manual therapists need to be familiar with in order to understand the benefits, effects, indications, and contraindications of their specific form of manual therapy. The text includes detailed information not covered in standard A&P texts, adding an entire chapter on neuromuscular and myofascial connections (Chapter 8), and separating the structure and function of the lymphatic system (Chapter 11) from immunity and healing (Chapter 12). This, along with chapter features such as Manual Therapy Applications, Pathology Alerts, and What Do You Think questions, help readers build bridges between the scientific facts and the application of that information to their therapeutic practice.
| Author | : Sandy Fritz |
| Publisher | : Elsevier España |
| Total Pages | : 786 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9788481747867 |
In this update of the 2000 edition, Fritz, the owner and head instructor of a school of therapeutic massage and bodywork in Michigan, treats touch as a form of communication and expands coverage of ethical and legal issues, contra/indications for massage, and condition assessment and management. The treatment of medical terminology, core principles, and techniques is enhanced by color illustrations, case studies, review questions, resources and other appended information. The first edition was published in 1995. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
| Author | : Diana L. Thompson |
| Publisher | : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780781757584 |
This abbreviated version of Hands Heal, Third Edition is a practical guide to documentation in wellness massage. It is designed for massage therapists who do not provide therapy that would require physician referrals or insurance billing. Hands Heal Essentials offers wellness charting guidelines for energy work, on-site massage, and relaxation and spa therapies, along with sample completed forms and blank forms. Crucial information on HIPAA regulations is included. A front-of-book CD-ROM includes the blank forms for use in practice, a quick-reference abbreviation list, and a quiz tool to review key concepts. Faculty ancillaries are available upon adoption.
| Author | : Andrew Biel |
| Publisher | : Handspring Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9780998785066 |
For more than 20 years,Trail Guide to the Bodyhas been helping instructors deliver lessons in clear and memorable ways. With the new edition, it will be even easier to deepen students' understanding of surface anatomy and mastery of palpation.- New full-color illustrations convey the most life-like representations of anatomical structures.- Chapter introductions with pre-learning questions improve comprehension and retention.- Concise clinical stories provide relevance and real-life application.- Newly designed icons and headings helps students quickly locate critical content.- Updated anatomical terminology reflects the latest consensus.
| Author | : Maureen Abson |
| Publisher | : North Atlantic Books |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2016-10-04 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 1623170605 |
This practical, detailed, and accessible guide to using massage to treat a range of medical conditions will educate and empower both massage practitioners and non-professionals who want to safely and effectively make a difference in the well-being of a friend or family member. Chapters are conveniently organized alphabetically, so that the reader can easily find helpful treatments for more than 40 medical conditions such as asthma, cancer, frozen shoulder, and plantar fasciitis. Bringing together Eastern and Western understandings of the body, health, and wellness, this user-friendly sourcebook defines and details each of the conditions, any contraindications to massage, and massage protocols and instructions, including how often treatment should be administered. Healing Massage can make treatment and pain relief both available and affordable to those who might not have access to expensive professional treatment. It can also provide substantial and detailed information to practitioners not familiar with a specific condition. Written by a leading massage practitioner and international teacher, this book will be a will be an essential reference in the office or at home.
| Author | : James H. Clay |
| Publisher | : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 9780781756778 |
This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist's hands. Students see clearly which muscle is being worked, where it is, where it is attached, how it can be accessed manually, what problems it can cause, and how treatment techniques are performed. This edition features improved illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle. An accompanying Real Bodywork DVD includes video demonstrations of massage techniques from the book.
| Author | : Salvo |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2005-01-30 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780721603704 |
Reflects all updates made to the 2nd edition of the text, and features teaching tips, suggested activities, and answers to self-tests. Certain chapters also include activities that the instructor can copy and hand out, such as crossword puzzles, labeling exercises, and flash cards. A test bank on CD-ROM allows the instructor to mix questions to create and print unique tests.
