Massage mastery : from student to professional / Anne Williams.
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TextPublication details: Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2013.Description: xix, 767 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: - 9780781780179
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University Institute of Physical Therapy Library Shelf No. 45, LBS | Not for loan and check out is restricted | 615.822 WIL-M 2013 450116 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan (Restricted Access) | 450116 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 726-738) and index.
Massage past and present -- Massage equipment & environmental considerations -- Sanitation, hygiene, and safety -- The therapeutic nature of massage -- Massage cautions & contraindications -- Ethics & the law -- The therapeutic relationship -- Professional communication -- Your massage career -- Foundation skills for therapeutic massage -- Body mechanics and self care -- Assessment, treatment planning, and documentation for a wellness massage -- Swedish massage techniques -- Seated massage -- Spa therapies and other approaches -- Hydrotherapy -- Eastern approaches -- Energetic approaches -- Assessment, treatment planning, and documentation for health care massage -- Myofascial and deep tissue approaches -- Proprioceptive neuromuscular approaches -- Musculoskeletal injury and massage -- Massage for chronic pain conditions and selected pathologies -- Massage for special populations.