Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage

by Mark F. Beck

The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage (5th edition) is the classic text in the massage industry including the essential knowledge and skills needed to become a successful, professional massage therapist, plus the essentials of anatomy and physiology. Essential topics to the industry such as ethics, hygiene, communication skills, and body mechanics are discussed. Full-color illustrations and photographs clearly illustrate techniques and procedures. Classical massage is expanded with clinical techniques including neuromuscular and myofascial techniques, and lymph massage, combined to better serve the client by following therapeutic procedures. Numerous career tracts are explored including massage in a spa environment and athletic massage. A new chapter discusses massage for special populations including pre-natal, infant, elder, critically ill, people with cancer, and hospice. The final chapter has been revised to cover business practices for finding employment or successful self-employment.

Genres: Nonfiction

992 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 1991

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rereading this to brush up on my massage skills. I remember this book being informative. Of course, most of the skills I learned in massage school were hands-on and progressive. That will be my best review, getting back to actually massaging. But this will help to review the different strokes and the individual muscles, I hope. Have to dig out my kinesiology book too, to review muscles, actions, insertions and such...