Lauriann Greene

Lauriann Greene wrote the first ever book on injury prevention for massage therapists (Save Your Hands! 1st Ed-out of print), then the 2nd edition (out-of-print) and now the greatly updated, revised and expanded Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 3rd Edition. Save Your Hands! is the leading Injury prevention and self-care text for manual therapists including physical, massage, and occupational therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, osteopaths and more. Lauriann, now the leading authority on this subject, has written many articles for major manual therapy and spa publications, speaks at leading conferences including ABMP and AMTA National and IECSC, and co-authored a 2006 study that produced the first statistics on work-related injury among American massage therapists. Trained as a manual therapist and Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist, Lauriann offers injury prevention and ergonomics consulting and training services to spas, clinics and schools, to help them reduce costly workers' comp claims, absenteeism and turnover due to injury on the job. She also offers continuing education (CE) courses including the Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) program.