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

Tappan PT EdD, Frances M.; Benjamin Ph.D., Patricia J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 083853676X ISBN 13: 9780838536766

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

This pioneering text in massage therapy provides basic information on the art and science of effective healing massage techniques in quick-learn, easy-to-understand terms. Whether you're a licensed massage therapy practitioner, health related professional, or just interested in basic massage therapy techniques, this is the book for you!

About this title

From the Back Cover

The 4th 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.

Synopsis

This text in massage therapy provides basic information on the art and science of effective healing massage techniques. It contains descriptions of basic Eastern and Western massage skills and provides essential history, theory, methods and foundations of massage based in Chinese medicine. The effects of massage in physiological and holistic perspectives are explained, and the use of massage in different professions and settings is described. Appendices provide information for further research and study. Self-evaluation sheets and sample health history forms are also included.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 083853676X
• ISBN 13: 9780838536766
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 448