Massage mastery
Subtitle: from student to professional
By: Anne Williams
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780781780179
Subjects: Massage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Massage past and present; title: Massage equipment & environmental considerations; title: Sanitation, hygiene, and safety; title: The therapeutic nature of massage; title: Massage cautions & contraindications; title: Ethics & the law; title: The therapeutic relationship; title: Professional communication; title: Your massage career; title: Foundation skills for therapeutic massage; title: Body mechanics and self care; title: Assessment, treatment planning, and documentation for a wellness massage; title: Swedish massage techniques; title: Seated massage; title: Spa therapies and other approaches; title: Hydrotherapy; title: Eastern approaches; title: Energetic approaches; title: Assessment, treatment planning, and documentation for health care massage; title: Myofascial and deep tissue approaches; title: Proprioceptive neuromuscular approaches; title: Musculoskeletal injury and massage; title: Massage for chronic pain conditions and selected pathologies; title: Massage for special populations.