Textbook of Remedial Massage

Front Cover
Elsevier Australia, 2012 - Medical - 431 pages

* Please note the DVD is only included with print book purchase. A practical massage textbook for Diploma of Massage students and established practitioners of remedial massage. Drawing on cutting-edge research and the authors' lengthy experience in massage education, Textbook of Remedial Massage covers essential topics, from history-taking to contraindication. The content is structured into three sections:

  • Client Assessment - addresses practitioner assessment of remedial massage clients, including information on how to adapt massage techniques for clients' individual needs.
  • Massage techniques - provides readers with clear instructions for common remedial massage techniques, such as trigger points, CRAC stretching and myofascial release. Each of these techniques is explained through illustrations and photographs, along with a detailed rationale on physiological principles and evidence-base. It also explains contraindications and precautions for each massage technique.
  • Body regions - The application of remedial massage techniques to specific body regions.
  • Detailed assessment technique
  • Evidence-based approach
  • Anatomy described in functional terms

Bonus Feature with print purchase only The print textbook includes an accompanying DVD with videos of content covered in book. The DVD content is divided up into assessment and treatment techniques.

 

Contents

Remedial massage in Australian
1
Assessment procedures for remedial
10
Review questions
40
Remedial massage techniques
52
Muscle stretching
64
Myofascial trigger points
79
Myofascial release
113
Lymphatic drainage massage
124
The head and face
226
The chest
244
The shoulder region
261
The elbow region
289
The wrist and hand
310
The hip region
337
Palpation
345
Key messages
355

References
137
Postural analysis
143
Palpation
151
Key messages
171
epiphysitis
192
The cervical region
200
The leg ankle and foot
382
Shin splints
399
Chronic compartment syndrome
405
Degenerative joint disease of the ankle
411
Index
424
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2012)

Dr Sandra Grace is a health services researcher with extensive research experience, including primary health care, practice-based education, models of care and interprofessional education and practice. She has extensive experience as a practitioner, teacher, designer of health training courses and project manager, including grant writing, managing staff and budgets, meeting key performance indicators and preparing project reports. Jane Graves is the romantic author of Baby It's You which won a RITA Award 2015 in the category of Contempory Romance Long category.

Bibliographic information