Chinese bodywork
Subtitle: a complete manual of Chinese therapeutic massage
By: editor-in-chief, Sun Chengnan ; translator, Wang Qiliang.
Contributors: Sun, Chʻeng-nan.
Publisher: Pacific View Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Massage therapy.; Medicine, Chinese.
Description: $50.00, paperback, 328 pages, 124 photos, illustrations, 1993, ISBN 1-881896-06-4

Edited by Sun Chengnan

The standard for the study of tuina and an aid to practitioners of all forms of massage. Includes highly detailed, careful descriptions of massage techniques and an extensive presentation of treatment strategies for acute and chronic disease, physical and sports injuries.

The late Sun Chengnan was director of the Shandong Tuina Association.


Reviewers comment on Chinese Bodywork:

"A welcome contribution to our understanding of the role that Chinese therapeutic manipulation can play in health care."
------Massage Therapy Journal

"The scope of therapeutic illnesses described make this a unique addition to the massage therapists' library. Any practitioner with a moderate amount of training in acupuncture or oriental medicine will certainly find this book highly informative and useful."
------Journal of Traditional Eastern Health and Fitness