Sports and Exercise Massage
Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, and Rehabilitation
Published on 31. August 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-323-02882-0 (ISBN)
Description
The competitive athlete, whether amateur or professional, presents specific challenges to the massage therapist. To treat these individuals, the therapist should have a background in sport specific activities, be aware of the effects of training, and understand injury types and rehabilitation applications. This text describes patterns for sport activities (like running, throwing, impact, and repetitive use), and provides guidelines for applying massage to specific sports. Because athletes depend on highly coordinated neuromuscular activity, assessment and massage applications that address these physiologic mechanisms are covered in depth.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
St Louis
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Approx. 500 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 184 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-323-02882-0 (9780323028820)
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Person
Sandy Fritz, MS, LMT is the Owner, Director, and Head Educator of the Health Enrichment Center, Inc., School of Therapeutic Massage. Also in private practice for almost 30 years, Sandy works with a diverse clientele, dealing with everything from stress management massage to physician-referred rehabilitative care upon physician referral. She has developed and supervises a student massage clinic with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. She also provides professional sports massage and rehabilitation for individual athletes, primarily in golf, football, basketball, and baseball. In addition to being published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Sandy is a prominent author of many Elsevier massage therapy resources, including: Sports & Exercise Massage: Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, & Rehabilitation Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage Mosby's Massage Therapy Review Mosby's Curriculum Guide for Massage Therapy Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage Video Series, Volumes 1-4
Content
Foreword Preface Unit I - Theory and Application of Fitness and Athletic Performance 1. The World of Sports and Fitness Massage 2. What is Sports Massage? 3. Scientific Validation of Sports Massage Benefits 4. Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 5. Fitness First 6. Sport Specific Movement Performance 7. Nutritional Support and Banned Substances 8. Influences of the Mind and Body Unit II - Sports Massage, Theory and Application 9. Physiologic Mechanisms of Massage Benefits 10. Indications and Contraindications for Massage 11. Assessment for Sports Massage and Physical Rehabilitation Application 12. Review of Massage Methods 13. Focused Massage Application 14. General Massage Protocol 15. Unique Circumstances and Adjunct Therapies Unit III - Sport Injury 16. Injury in General 17. Pain 18. General Categories of Injury and Dysfunction 19. Medical Treatment for Injury 20. Systemic Illness and Immunity 21. Injuries by Area Section IV 22. Case Studies Glossary Index