The Essential Guide to Massage
The Essential Guide to Massage
Chinese pediatric massage becomes accessible for both professional practitioners of Chinese medicine and parents in this guide to its basic theories and techniques. It explains specific Chinese massage techniques for the treatment of many pediatric complaints, including diarrhea, colic, vomiting, constipation, excessive drooling, bed-wetting, night crying, and colds. Illustrations show how to apply each treatment.
Deep Tissue Massage Revised A Visual Guide to Techniques
Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings, Deep Tissue Massage is the standard guide to the essentials of touch, biomechanics, and positioning options for a multitude of strategies to treat all major conditions encountered in a bodywork practice.
Body Work What Kind of Massage to Get And How to Make the Most of It
Swedish massage, aromatherapy, shiatsu, Rolfing, Alexander Technique, reflexology, CranioSacral Therapy-these are all different kinds of what is referred to as bodywork. One of the most widespread and powerful of the complementary therapies, bodywork is helping millions of people to feel better and/or achieve a greater integration of body, mind, and spirit. Whether you’re a longtime bodywork enthusiast or someone who has little or no experience with massage, “Bodywork” is the essential guide, answering all of the key questions about every different kind of major bodywork therapy. Author and leading message therapist Thomas Claire takes you through a typical session of more than fifteen therapies and outlinesa the health and relaxation benefits of each. He explains what each type of bodywork actually feels like and provides helpful hints for choosing a practioner.
