Nurturing Massage for Pregnancy: a Practical Guide to Bodywork for the Perinatal Cycle (LWW Massage Therapy and Bodywork Educational Series): A ... Therapy and Bodywork Educational Series) - Softcover

Stager, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0781767539 ISBN 13: 9780781767538

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Nurturing Massage for Pregnancy is one of the most comprehensive books available for massage students and licensed massage therapists who treat pregnant, laboring, and postpartum clients. The author is a highly skilled perinatal massage instructor who is also a registered nurse, childbirth educator, and doula. Written in clear and direct language, this useful guide offers step by step instructions for hundreds of techniques useful during the pregnancy, labor, and postpartum periods, including general techniques and those specific to common complaints. While focused on general Swedish massage, the book also integrates myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, acupressure, and reflexology, as well as complementary bodywork methodologies such as the use of breath and visualizations, stretches, hydrotherapy, and aromatherapy.

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Product Description

"Nurturing Massage for Pregnancy" is a textbook for massage students and certified massage therapists who treat clients who are pregnant or in labor, or who have recently given birth. The book focuses on general soft-tissue and Swedish massage and assumes the reader is already familiar with those techniques as well as the basics of anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology. The book also integrates some myofascial release and trigger point techniques, as well as occasional complementary bodywork methodologies, such as the use of breath and visualizations, acupressure, aromatherapy, and hydrotherapy. To address the concerns of many practitioners with regard to working with pregnant clients, contraindications and precautions are examined thoroughly, along with a review of basic obstetrical practices.

Synopsis

"Nurturing Massage for Pregnancy" is a textbook for massage students and certified massage therapists who treat clients who are pregnant or in labor, or who have recently given birth. To address the concerns of many practitioners with regard to working with pregnant clients, contraindications and precautions are examined thoroughly, along with a review of basic obstetrical practices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781767539
• ISBN 13: 9780781767538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256