Product Description

Massage Therapy: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition gives you everything you need to learn and apply the basic principles of massage therapy with ease! This new edition is more straightforward and easy-to-use than ever, with a new DVD that brings techniques and procedures to life, complete coverage of the latest emerging therapy options and target groups, and new practice materials to help you prepare for certification exams and therapeutic practice. Heavily illustrated and thoroughly revised to cover the widest range of modalities and massage topics in one book, it's the foundation for massage therapy success!

• Heavily illustrated for visually enhanced comprehension.
• Covers the fundamentals of massage with just the right amount of detail for shorter programs.
• Full section on anatomy & physiology with essential background.
• Special Populations chapter helps addresses the needs of growing segments.
• Table Talk boxes enrich chapters with additional content and retention tips.

• Bound-in companion DVD provides engaging video demonstrations of massage techniques, client interaction sequences, and anatomy and physiology animations for visually enhanced learning.
• New National Certification Exam (NCE) practice test acquaints students with the exam they must take for certification and builds confidence.
• New Pregnancy and Infant Massage chapter details special therapies unique to these emerging areas of care and helps broaden therapists' treatment scope and increase their marketability.
• New Foot Reflexology chapter introduces a growing field of therapy common to massage courses but not covered by many texts.
• Muscle charts with all-new illustrations present musculoskeletal anatomy with full-color clarify for quick identification.
• New case studies, biographies, appendices, and chapter extras on Evolve enhance chapter content.
• New Reproductive System chapter familiarizes students with the reproductive system and its relationship to treatment modifications.
• New DVD icons throughout text help students quickly identify material highlighted on the DVD.
• New HIPAA guidelines provide essential standards necessary for clinical practice.
• New Introduction to Terminology better prepares students for required A&P and Pathology courses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97839 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 928 pages

Review
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS EDITION:
" This is a respectable text for beginning massage students, and is full of great and interesting information."
" Elizabeth Vazquez, Austin, TX (Amazon.com reviewer)

About the Author
Susan G Salvo, LMT, CI, BA, Co-owner, Director, and Instructor, Louisiana Institute of Massage Therapy, Lake Charles, LA

Customer Reviews

Medically detailed & Belongs under Nursing as well.
Great book if your a nurse like myself.
It Gives clear Answers and is the easiest book to read you will ever find.If you can't answer a medical question after reading this book, you need glasses or need to actually start reading period.
All anatomical information you would need to pass an lpn nursing test is in this one book.
It covers every organ system in depth and is actually better than most nursing books because you are never left wondering about anything.
It is perfectly organized, clearly written & easily understood.
Has self tests in it that actually are a fair and helpful challenge to the student.
This book leaves no system or organ undiscovered.
As far as a massage book goes, it helps you clearly understand how the body works, how the body responds & why it responds.
But it is not helpful in relation to any techniques EXCEPT Strecthing & lengthening.I give it 4 stars as a massage book and a 5 plus star rating as a nursing book.
It's worth every dime you pay for it because you won't need another anatomy book ever.

My brain is full now. May I be excused?
This is a respectable text for beginning massage students, and is full of great and interesting information. It's not the absolute last word in anatomy's role in massage, and shouldn't be anyone's only source of information, but as one text within a larger and complete curriculum, it's very useful. It's written at a fairly accessible level without being dumbed down. Sometimes it does get a little dry, but that may be the nature of the subject matter -- it's only so much you can jazz it up and still get the point across.

Not everything you need to know for massage boards but a good start
Nice start for the budding massage enthusiast or short 500 hour program text. Only covers Western Modalities aka Swedish style massage. Very brief intro to anatomy and movement. Very little about pathology. On the plus side it is a very easy read and the break down of muscle attatchement and origins is very clear and clean. You could make flash cards out of the info on them! Nice. There is far too little information on the cultural variations interpretations of touch experience. For just one text get the Mosby's. But if you add Trail Guide to the Body and one solid book on Oriental medicine that includes meridians and theory and a good color book with lots of muscles in it, take a year of Qigong and find you can listen to a quiet cd without falling asleep - you will be ready to start massage school. Trust me, staying awake while listening to relaxing music is a skill!