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Save Your Hands!: The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists
The physically demanding work manual therapists do puts them at risk for musculoskeletal injury. But injury is not inevitable. Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition gives manual therapists the proven injury prevention and ergonomics strategies and tips they need to protect their health and prolong their careers. Whether you're a student or an experienced practitioner in any of the hands-on treatment professions (massage, PT, OT, nursing, chiropractic, etc.), this indispensable guide will help you save not only your hands, but also your back, neck, shoulders and emotional well-being throughout a long, healthy career.
In an accessible, richly-illustrated format, Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition shows you how
* Design your treatment space so you can work safely and efficiently
* Find alternative techniques to protect vulnerable parts of your body
* Improve body mechanics to reduce stress and increase comfort as you work
* Stay in shape with a physical conditioning program developed specifically for manual therapists
* Recognize early symptoms and address them effectively before they lead to injury.
"Quite simply, the book is excellently conceived and constructed, and is very well presented, and I highly recommend it."
-- Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, author, Muscle Energy Techniques , Honorary Fellow, University of Westminster, London
"Save Your Hands! provides excellent practical suggestions for improving safety of the provision of manual therapy services."
--Jeff Lau, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT, Program Director, PTA program, Provo College, Utah
" Save Your Hands! is a book every massage therapist and hands-on health practitioner should own and study."
--Ben E. Benjamin, PhD, author, Listen to Your Pain
"Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition is by far the most knowledgably written, fully researched and richly illustrated book available on the subject of manual therapist injury prevention."
--Renee F. Gladieux, The Pressure Positive Company
"At Centura College, Save Your Hands! has always been and continues to be the textbook of choice for our Injury Prevention course. Graduates of our college frequently remark that Save Your Hands! is one of their most valued reference and resource texts.
--David Marquart, CMT, Corporate Director of Massage Therapy Programs, Centura College
In an accessible, richly-illustrated format, Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition shows you how
* Design your treatment space so you can work safely and efficiently
* Find alternative techniques to protect vulnerable parts of your body
* Improve body mechanics to reduce stress and increase comfort as you work
* Stay in shape with a physical conditioning program developed specifically for manual therapists
* Recognize early symptoms and address them effectively before they lead to injury.
"Quite simply, the book is excellently conceived and constructed, and is very well presented, and I highly recommend it."
-- Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, author, Muscle Energy Techniques , Honorary Fellow, University of Westminster, London
"Save Your Hands! provides excellent practical suggestions for improving safety of the provision of manual therapy services."
--Jeff Lau, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT, Program Director, PTA program, Provo College, Utah
" Save Your Hands! is a book every massage therapist and hands-on health practitioner should own and study."
--Ben E. Benjamin, PhD, author, Listen to Your Pain
"Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition is by far the most knowledgably written, fully researched and richly illustrated book available on the subject of manual therapist injury prevention."
--Renee F. Gladieux, The Pressure Positive Company
"At Centura College, Save Your Hands! has always been and continues to be the textbook of choice for our Injury Prevention course. Graduates of our college frequently remark that Save Your Hands! is one of their most valued reference and resource texts.
--David Marquart, CMT, Corporate Director of Massage Therapy Programs, Centura College
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333 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1995
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December 30, 2019A very helpful book on ergonomics for massage therapists. I discovered it a couple of years into my LMT practice and wished my school had used it as a textbook. Highly recommend.
November 23, 2011
My favorite parts were the descriptions of musculoskeletal conditions and nerve disorders. My least favorite parts were the sales pitches for electric massage tables and herbs, and the oddly strident claim to insist on opioids if you need them but your doctor says you don't, which is kind of your doctor's job.
March 28, 2008
A must for massage therapists!
October 30, 2008
a must for massage therapists. do yourself a favor and read this to help yourself...you'll need it.
June 15, 2014
I am using some of the info from this book to educate my clients in a massage practice at a chiropractor's office. A very resourceful book, for the practitioner and the client.
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