Handbook of Clinical Massage or Radiant Health

Handbook of Clinical Massage: A Complete Guide for Students and Practitioners

Author: Mario Paul Cassar

Well researched and evidence-based, this book takes a unique medical approach to describing applied massage techniques for common conditions and their utilization as an adjunct to both conventional and complementary treatments. Offers guidelines on the assessment of each body region prior to massage, including symptoms and signs relating to pathology. Features photographs and line drawings that clearly illustrate correct postural techniques.

Thorough descriptions of massage techniques, their physiological effects, indications and contraindications, and how massage may be used therapeutically helps the reader come to a better understanding of the treatment of many common conditions.

Each of the chapters on body regions begins with an assessment of the region with guidelines on the examination of pathological symptoms, signs, and implications for massage treatment, preparing the reader for what is to come.

A generous number of illustrations, including photographs and line drawings, show the correct techniques for the practitioner.

Extra instruction shows supplementary methods for use with patients who are physically impaired, elderly, or unable to lie on the treatment table.

New two-color format gives the text a fresh, vibrant look, assisting the reader with improved visual aids.

Extra material on research presents new developments in the field.

Now includes more on bodywork and forearm massage techniques.

An increased number of anatomical diagrams enhances the ability to clearly understand various techniques.

An expanded section on massage during pregnancy offers the most current information on the topic.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	The massage treatment	1
2	The massage techniques	25
3	The effects of massage	57
4	The clinical application of massage	93
5	Massage for body regions - the back	169
6	Massage for body regions - the lower limb	221
7	Massage for body regions - the abdomen	255
8	Massage for body regions - the chest	289
9	Massage for body regions - the upper limb	303
10	Massage for body regions - the face, head and neck	321
	References	333
	Bibliography	337
	Index	339

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Radiant Health: The Ancient Wisdom of the Chinese Tonic Herbs

Author: Ron Teeguarden

Sure to appeal to the millions who embraced the tenets of Asian medicine in Deepak Chopra's "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind", this book offers road map to total health through the use Chinese tonic herbs.

Library Journal

Teeguarden is a master herbalist and researcher of Chinese tonic herbs--"tonic" meaning herbs prescribed to promote "radiant" health as opposed to attacking disease. His publisher's legal department hedges its bets by stating in the review galley that "absolutely no medicinal claims are being made or implied in this book." Nevertheless, Teeguarden's text is replete with claims concerning sexual potency, the immune system, and anti-aging treatments, among others, that are entirely undocumented except by statements such as "Many studies now indicate...." To his credit (or the legal department's), Teeguarden provides information about contraindications and toxicity. Unfortunately, these caveats are equally undocumented. Radiant Health might be useful on a staff-only reference shelf, but only as a glossary to herbal terms. Not recommended.--Catherine Arnott Smith, Predoctoral Research Fellow, Ctr. for Biomedical Informatics, Univ. of Pittsburgh