Bodywork
Bodywork is a term that came from America. It covers, massage, physiotherapy, neuromuscular therapy (NMT), trigger points, shiatsu, seated bodywork and deep tissue massage. The books in the bodywork section will be useful to teachers and students of a range of massage therapies including shiatsu, acupuncture and acupressure. John Sharkey's The Concise Book of Neuromuscular Therapy; looks at soft tissue pain and injury whilst Chris Jarmey's book The Foundations of Shiatsu; focuses on basic shiatsu technique and theory. Chris Jarmey is principal of the European Shiatsu School and has his own practice offering shiatsu and other bodywork.
The books on trigger points, acu-points and seated acupressure give the student precise and detailed information on the position of points and relevant techniques that can be applied to them.
Concise Book of Neuromuscular Therapy , The
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Author: John Sharkey ISBN-13: 978 1 905367 07 8 |
Concise Book of Trigger Points, The
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Author: Simeon Neil-Asher ISBN-13: 978 0 9543188 5 7 |
Core Workout, The
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Author: Joanne Elphinston & Paul Pook ISBN-13: 978 09539859 1 3 |
Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-free Massage
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Author: Darien Pritchard ISBN-13: 978 0 9543188 9 5 |
Foundations of Shiatsu, The
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Author: Chris Jarmey ISBN-13: 978 1 905367 05 4 |
Practical Guide to Acu-points
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Author: Chris Jarmey and Ilaira Bouratinos ISBN-13: 978 0 9543188 4 0 |












