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Modalities for Massage and Bodywork

  • 1st Edition - December 8, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Elaine Stillerman
  • Language: English

Gain a better understanding of the top modalities in massage practice with expert insight and a balanced, user-friendly approach! This current, consistently organized resource… Read more

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Gain a better understanding of the top modalities in massage practice with expert insight and a balanced, user-friendly approach! This current, consistently organized resource distills a wealth of information on 21 popular massage modalities into easy-to-read overviews detailing the essential principles behind each therapy. Identify the modalities that best apply to your clients, incorporate key concepts into your practice, and take the first steps toward specialization all with one helpful text!

Key features

  • Leading experts lend years of valuable knowledge and experience across a wide spectrum of massage modalities including prenatal, deep tissue, shiatsu, craniosacral, reflexology, and more.
  • A companion DVD demonstrates proper techniques for 7 top modalities with over 100 minutes of detailed video footage.
  • Consistently organized learning tools in each chapter ensure complete understanding of learning objectives, key terminology and relevant anatomy and physiology.
  • Self-assessment tests included at the end of every chapter help you gauge your strengths and identify areas requiring further study.
  • More than 265 full-color illustrations clarify difficult concepts and demonstrate body mechanics, concepts, and techniques.

Table of contents

1. Active Isolated Stretching - Joe Muscolino


2. Ayurvedic Therapies - Sonia Masocco


3. Cancer Massage - Bev Byers


4. Craniosacral Therapy - John Upledger with Sharon Desjarlais


5. Geriatric Massage - Susan Salvo


6. Infant and Pediatric Massage - Diana Moore


7. Lomi Lomi - Dane Silva and Makana Risser Chai


8. Manual Lymphatic Drainage - Robert Harris


9. Myofascial Release - Art Riggs with Keith Eric Grant


10. Neuromuscular Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage - Judith Walker Delany


11. Orthopedic Massage - Whitney Lowe


12. Polarity Therapy - Leslie Korn


13. Prenatal Massage - Elaine Stillerman


14. Reflexology - Laura Norman


15. Shiatsu - Sandy Anderson


16. Sports and Fitness Massage - Sandy Fritz


17. Structural Integration - Peter Schwind


18. Thai Massage - Richard Gold


19. Tragerwork - Jack Blackburn


20. Trigger Point Release - Judith Walker Delany


21. Tui Na - Terry Norman


DVD Table of Contents

DVD includes approximately 15 minutes of footage from the following modalities:
  • Craniosacral Therapy

  • Myofascial Release

  • NMT

  • Prenatal Massage

  • Reflexology

  • Shiatsu

  • Thai Massage

Review quotes

"This exceptionally informative textbook adds to the developing literature supporting physical therapies in the broadest sense, to include bodywork and massage.The accompanying DVD is of professional quality and provides full video commentary of many of the techniques covered in the volume."

Modalities for Massage and Bodywork October 2009

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 8, 2008
  • Language: English