Product Description

A guidebook to orthopedic assessment of pain and injury conditions for the massage therapy practitioner.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #368317 in Books
• Published on: 1997-12-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 172 pages

About the Author
Lowe researches and authors articles on pain and injury assessment techniques in national journals and in his bi-monthly research newsletter, Orthopedic & Sports Massage Reviews. He has a strong academic background including graduate study in psychology, sports medicine and biomechanics. In addition, he has extensive clinical experience including work at the Emory Clinic Sports Medicine Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Lowe is currently a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies and writes a regular feature column for the Journal of Soft Tissue Manipulation. He teaches workshops across the country and internationally on orthopedic massage and assessment skills. He has been a valued faculty member of several massage schools and is currently the director of the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute in Bend, Oregon.

Customer Reviews

not out of print
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Great tool for Massage Therapists
This book is a great tool for Massage Therapist. The information is clear and easily understood. Helps take the guesswork out of assessment of certain conditions.
I highly urge anyone that does therapeutic massage to own one.

Good for you, good for your client
I am a massage therapist and I also teach Sports Massage. Students don't escape my class without having the virtues of this book emblazoned upon their memories by dint of relentless repetition on my part. If you're interested in knowing what's going on with your clients' musculo-skeletal systems, you need to buy this book and use it. It discusses many and diverse disorders you will probably see in your practice; giving a description of the characteristics of the disorder, assessment information and suggested treatments. The charts and tables alone are worth the cover price. You will be more effective as a massage therapist, whatever your modality, with the information in Functional Assessment.