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.
Fascial Release for Structural Balance joins your manual therapy skills together with the exciting new field of structural therapy, which employs the unique and newly discovered properties of fascial tissues. Fascia is our biological fabric that plays a vital role in support, posture, and stability. Through informed assessment and manipulation of fascial patterns, you can help eradicate (for good) many chronic strain patterns clients bring to the clinic.
Describing over thirty new muscles, this exciting new edition of The Concise Book of Muscles is a comprehensive guide to the six major muscle groups. Fully illustrated and easy to use, this compact reference guide provides a complete profile for each muscle, clearly showing its origin, insertion, action, and nerve supply, the movements that use it, and exercises and stretches that strengthen it.
Seated Acupressure Bodywork: A practical handbook for therapists
Since its development in the 1980s, seated acupressure bodywork has spread rapidly across the world, and more and more people are becoming familiar with massage in a chair. Therapists can often be seen in shopping centres, department stores, airports, and health fairs, offering this 20-minute treatment to members of the public. Treatment can also be offered 'on-site' in the workplace, as well as from private clinics.
Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-free Massage
How to apply pressure without straining your body or damaging your hands is one of the greatest challenges involved in massage.
The most significant cause of early retirement from the massage profession is the cumulative strains on the body developed in the course of performing massages. The growth of the profession in recent years has been accompanied by an increase in the number of work induced problems. Practitioners can strain their hands, particularly their thumbs, fingers and wrists, and also their shoulders and backs.
The Concise Book of Neuromuscular Therapy makes an ideal learning tool for students involved in any of the medical sciences, physical therapist (e.g. NMT), doctor, or clinician wishing to integrate neuromuscular techniques into osteopathy, physiotherapy, sport science, sports medicine, physical therapy, chiropractic, sports massage and other manual therapies.
Concise Book of Trigger Points, Second Edition, The
The Concise Book of Trigger Points has been written for the student and early practitioner of massage / bodywork, physical therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy, sports therapy, and any other health-related field. Containing full-colour illustrations, it is a compact reference guide, and explains how to treat chronic pain through trigger points - tender, painful nodules that form in muscle fibres and connective tissues. The first four chapters provide a sound background to the physiology of trigger points, and the general methods of treatment.
The Core Workout: A Definitive Guide to Swiss Ball Training for Athletes, Coaches & Fitness Professionals, Fourth Edition
The Core Workout is your expert guide to Swiss Ball training for core stability. Used by top athletes and fitness professionals across a wide range of sports, Swiss Ball training can enhance essential stability and control for your sport. With over 30,000 copies sold worldwide and used by international and national elite sports organisations, this highly illustrated book features more than 85 drills with clear progressions, techniques to recruit your core muscles, common errors, partner and two ball drills, weight training and stretching on your ball, and sample sport specific programmes
This book is an exceptionally well-illustrated guide to the location and properties of acu-points. Whereas most good books on the subject give needle depth and other useful information for the acupuncturist, this book uniquely provides additional information for bodyworkers such as Shiatsu and Tuina therapists. For example, in keeping with normal practice, the location of a point is given as a precise anatomical location and illustrated with a dot, along with alternative locations where relevant.
The Anatomy of Pilates takes the reader inside the body to show exactly what happens in the body's muscles and joints during a Pilates exercise. At the heart of the book are 150 full-colour illustrations showing the muscles that lengthen and strengthen in 40 classic exercises, together with information on anatomy, technique, breathing, pitfalls, and more. The Anatomy of Pilates is an accessible, authoritative guide for current and prospective teachers of Pilates, practitioners at all skills levels, physical therapists, and health professionals.
