[PDF] Clinical Massage Therapy: A Structural Approach to Pain Management (2011) by Walaski, James

Description

CLINICAL MASSAGE THERAPY, 1/e teaches effective therapeutic massage techniques that can prevent or eliminate multifaceted pain conditions, including chronic pain, sports injuries, and structural imbalance. Its unique 12-step approach focuses on treating specific conditions with techniques based on structural balance, bridging all touch therapy disciplines, and offering a new model for massage training. Detailed color illustrations reveal underlying pathologies, and flowcharts explain treatment steps. Massage students learn from Body Maps; Expert Opinion features; precautionary Alerts; clear Body Mechanics instructions; case studies, review questions, and a complete glossary. The text’s multimodal and multidisciplinary approach makes it equally valuable to physical and occupational therapists, trainers, chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, manipulative therapists, and physicians.

Reviews

“This book would serve as an excellent academic and clinical reference for Neurology practitioners, both those in training and at the attending level. Imaging in Neurology could easily become a staple in the Neurology book market as an imaging bible of sorts.”

-American Journal of Neuroradiology Blog (May 2016)