The book brings together a range of examination and assessment techniques which are otherwise only found in a variety of different places. It presents them in a way relevant to massage therapists. The book will be used by MT students to learn of the existence of these techniques and how and when to use them. More experienced MTs will use the book to enhance, update and extend their skills in what is a key area if appropriate therapy is to be given.
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Verlagsgruppe
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Illustrationen
About 1200 black and white photographs and line drawings
Maße
Höhe: 278 mm
Breite: 225 mm
Dicke: 35 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-909141-37-7 (9781909141377)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
David Zulak MA, RMT has been a massage therapist since 1994, and an instructor since 1996. He has worked in the past as an instructor, program director and curriculum writer for several massage therapy schools in Ontario, Canada.Over his teaching career, he has taught almost every course given at a school of massage. However, his focus and interest has always remained anatomy, treatments, techniques and orthopaedic assessment skills. A specific passion of his has been emphasizing and promoting the need for all massage therapists to have a good solid understanding of and facility with the skills involved in clinical assessment.David has written over a dozen articles for Massage Therapy Canada Magazine for the column Essentials of Assessment, and has recently been writing a column called The Learning Curve, discussing issues and trends in massage therapy education. Currently David primarily teaches seminars across Canada for practising massage therapists, along with sustaining a busy clinical practice in Brantford Ontario.
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Ankle and FootChapter 2. KneeChapter 3. Hip and Innominate boneChapter 4. Comprehensive Examination of the SpineChapter 5. Sacroiliac Joint and PelvisChapter 6. Lumbar SpineChapter 7. Thoracic Spine and RibsChapter 8. Cervical SpineChapter 9. Thoracic OutletChapter 10. ShoulderChapter 11. ElbowChapter 12. Wrist and HandReferences