Integrated sports massage therapy
Subtitle: a comprehensive handbook
By: Anders Jelvéus ; with a contribution by Kristjan Oddsson
Contributors: Oddsson, Kristjan
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Oxford]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780443101267
Subjects: Athletic Injuries; Methods; Athletic Performance; Sports massage; Handbooks, manuals; Sports; Therapy; Massage; Physiology; Exercise
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to sports massage; title: Work postures, hand placements, and basic massage strokes; title: Sports massage applications; title: Examples of event-based sports massage treatments; title: Sports massage applications for different sports; title: Soft tissue stretching in sports massage; title: Applied stretches to common muscle groups; title: Positional release techniques applied in sports massage; title: Acupressure and tui-na in sports massage; title: Myofascial release techniques and connective tissue massage; title: Myofascial pain syndrome; title: myofascial trigger points; title: Sports injuries / Kristjan Oddsson; title: Taping for sports injuries / Kristjan Oddsson; title: Soft tissue treatment techniques for maintenance and remedial sports massage; title: Self-massage and myofascial release techniques for the athlete.