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The Manual: A Visual Guide to Therapy Techniques
List price: $29.95
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This Clinical Bodywork Massage Book is designed for both new therapist training and continuing education in deep tissue myofascial techniques.
New
practitioners will learn countless techniques to make their work
more effective and fun.
Experienced therapists in myofascial release, bodywork,
physical therapy, and clinical massage enthusiastically praise Art
Rigg's massage therapy books and videos for expanding their skills.
Unlike many other massage therapy books, Art Riggs targets both new
practioners and specialists experienced in their fields. Over 225
pages, 250 photographs and 50 detailed anatomy illustrations clearly
illustrate hundreds of effective therapeutic massage techniques.
BOOK
CONTENTS:
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Cultivating touch and biomechanics to work safely for yourself and your clients.
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Techniques using fingers, knuckles, fists, forearms, and elbows to work tissues with maximum efficiency and a minimum of effort.
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Body positioning and techniques for effective release of tension.
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Specific treatment suggestions for common complaints and injuries including stretching and strengthening protocols for your clients to use at home.
A Visual Guide to
Techniques is not a training recipe book to be followed
blindly, but with proper training can be molded to your style, your
personality, and the needs of your clients so that you may express your
own unique creativity while deepening your practice.
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Chapter One: General Massage Theories
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Chapter Two: General Techniques
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Chapter Three: Specific Bodywork Massage Strategies
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Chapter Four: Your Role in Looking out for the Health of Your Clients
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Chapter Five: Massage Techniques for Addressing Common Complaints and Injuries
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Chapter Six: Planning Your Massage Therapy Session
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Chapter Seven: Fulfillment Through a Thriving Practice
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Reviews
Having had a quick flick through both the book & disc #1 of the DVD's, my 1st impression is that this is a fantastically useful body of work which I'll enjoy using as a basic reference text both for me & some of my more advanced students. Congratulations to you for putting it together ! (and incidentally to my teacher, Tom Myers, for recommending it to me!) -Philip Newstead (U.K.)
"These strategies and theories are extremely helpful to me in my massage practice. I work more efficiently and my clients noticed the more effective results immediately. If you want to integrate deep tissue work and myofascial release techniques into your practice, this is the one book you need."
– Andreas W.
"This book is packed with information and is so much more than just some fancy strokes... It has changed and enlightened the way I look at working with tissue and has made my work more effective and fun."
– Kerry Loeb, |
