Tappans Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques or Hiperactivo Impulsivo Distraido Me Conoces

Tappan's Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques: Classic, Holistic and Emerging Methods

Author: Benjamin

The 4^th edition of Tappan’s Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques continues to be an authoritative and comprehensive resource for massage therapy courses.  This book lays the theoretical groundwork and provides detailed descriptions of techniques for Western and contemporary massage, Asian bodywork therapy and applications for special populations.  Whether you are a licensed massage therapy practitioner, another health-related professional, or simply interested in basic massage therapy techniques, this is the book for you.

New to this Edition:

• Accompanying CD-ROM–provides instructional video of the most common massage techniques to provide readers with a visual aid to accompany chapter content.
• Includes the Wellness Massage Pyramid which introduces a new model for the understanding the broad scope of massage therapy based on the wellness perspective.
• End-of-chapter Study Outlines provide students and instructors with useful tools for identifying, understanding and learning the content of each chapter.
• Chapters on the effects of massage and clinical applications of massage provide extensive documentation of research.
• New chapters on Hydrotherapy and Thermal Therapy and Asian Bodywork Therapy are included.
• New Appendix A:  25 Forms of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork provides students a survey of the 25 most important forms of massage and bodywork with sources of additional information.

Table of Contents:

	Frances M. Tappan remembered
Pt. I	Foundations
1	Healing massage - a wellness perspective	1
2	History of massage	19
3	Effects and benefits of massage	41
4	Clinical applications of massage	66
5	Endangerment sites, contraindications, and cautions	79
6	Guidelines for giving massage	90
Pt. II	Western massage
7	Western massage techniques	125
8	Joint movements	151
9	Full-body Western massage	174
10	Regional applications	193
11	Hydrotherapy/thermal therapies	227
Pt. III	Contemporary massage and bodywork
12	Myofascial massage	245
13	Neuromuscular therapy (NMT) : trigger points	257
14	Lymphatic drainage massage	268
15	Foot reflexology	280
16	Polarity therapy	290
Pt. IV	Asian bodywork tradition
17	Asian bodywork therapy - theory	311
18	Amma : traditional Japanese massage	338
19	Zen Shiatsu : an overview	350
20	Jin Shin Do	363
Pt. V	Applications of massage
21	Sports and fitness	379
22	Mother and child	389
23	Healthy aging	404
24	Terminally ill and dying	414
25	Seated massage in the workplace	421
26	The art of healing touch	430
App. A	25 forms of therapeutic massage and bodywork	435
App. B	Organizations and publications	443
App. C	Massage licensing laws in North America	447
App. D	Performance evaluation forms	451
App. E	Health history forms	459

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Author: Jos J Bauermeister

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