- Orthopedic Massage:
Theory and Technique (2003)
- Deep Tissue Massage:
A Visual Guide to Techniques (2002)
- Medical Massage (1998)
- Therapeutic
Massage : A Scientific Approach (2000)
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Orthopedic Massage:
Theory and Technique
by Whitney W Lowe
Paperback: 240 pages -
1st edition (February 26, 2003)
Mosby; ISBN: 0723432260
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A definitive reference on the use of massage therapy to
treat pain and injury conditions. This unique reference
provides a wealth of information on the use of massage
therapy to treat pain and injury conditions.
About the Author
Whitney W Lowe, LMT, Director, Orthopedic Massage
Education and Research Institute, Bend, OR.
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Deep Tissue Massage: A
Visual Guide to Techniques
by Art Riggs
Paperback - 256 pages (April
2002)
North Atlantic Books; ISBN: 1556433875
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(North Atlantic Books) Textbook-style manual for massage
therapists who have completed or are in the process of
completing basic massage training. Includes many
photographs and illustrations for reference, biomechanics
for preventing injury, and directions for treatment and
rehabilitation for common complaints. Quick-reference
guide to techniques. DNLM: Massage--methods--Atlases.
Reader
Review
GREAT BOOK!, August 13, 2002
Reviewer: Justine Jacobs from West
Chester, PA
Great Book!!! It paid for itself several times over in
the first week by clients commenting on the new ways I
work and then re-booking and sending referrals. [...]
A Wonderful
Tool for both Learning and Practice, August 5,
2002
Reviewer: Keith Eric Grant from
Pleasanton, CA USA
I've had the pleasure of teaching deep tissue classes at
the McKinnon Institute from a preprint version of this
book for several years. I've found it to be a very well
organized tool for students to learn from. The
combination of pictures with short technique descriptions
and of more details given on the text pages plays well
for different learning styles. Even better, it's a book
that can be used both for a quick technique refresh
before working with a client or for a more in depth
review of the motivations behind the work. In the short
time since the book has been formally published, I've
already used it multiple times as a reference for a
column I write for Massage Today. It has been and
continues to be the book I was looking for long before
Art Riggs wrote it.
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Medical Massage
by Turchaninov Ross, C. A. Cox, R.
Turchaninov
Paperback - 413 pages (October
10, 1998)
Aesculapius Books; ISBN: 0967586801
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This unique book represents a completely new approach to
massage therapy for the American audience. It
demonstrates the Western view of medical massage and
analyzes its place in modern medicine. The book
reveals a detailed description of the different methods
of medical massage treatment. This knowledge emerged in
the beginning of the 20th century and has been
accumulated within the medical communities of Germany,
Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Poland, and other European
countries. Specially created scientific research
institutes in these countries have lead the most
prominent physicians developing new methods, approaches
and techniques for medical massage. The book is based on
these latest discoveries and recommendations.
Each chapter of the book clearly explains the specifics
of different types of medical massage and how each type
may be applied in cases of pathology of the central and
peripheral nervous systems and musculoskeletal system. To
increase the practical value of the book as a guide to
effective massage therapy, the authors have provided
information on using the method of classical therapeutic
massage for the treatment of the discussed pathologies.
This book will help the practitioner to design and apply
a course of medical massage for more than 60 common
disorders of musculoskeletal and nervous systems. The
book is richly illustrated with more than 400 diagrams
and photos.
Table of Contents
WHAT IS MEDICAL MASSAGE?
Distinctive Characteristics - Contraindications - General
Principles of Diagnostic Examination
METHODS OF MEDICAL MASSAGE
Connnective Tissue Massage - Segment-Reflex Massage -
Periostal Massage - Method of Postisometric Muscular
Relaxation - Manakov's System of Stretching Massage -
Lymph Drainage Massage - Vibration Massage
MEDICAL MASSAGE FOR DISEASES AND TRAUMAS PERIPHERAL AND
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS
CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS
Cervicocranialgia - Anterior scalene muscle syndrome -
Trapezius muscle syndrome - Levator scapulae muscle
syndrome - Cervical radiculopathy
THORACIC SPONDYLOSIS
Thoracalgia - False cardialgia syndrome
LUMBO-SACRAL SPONDYLOSIS
Lumbar radiculopathy. Lumbago - Lumbalgia - Iliopsoas
muscle syndrome - Piriformis muscle syndrome
PATHOLOGY OF CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVES
Facial nerve neuralgia. Bell's palsy - Trigeminal nerve
neuralgia - Musculocutaneous nerve neuralgia - Ulnar
nerve neuralgia - Radial nerve neuralgia - Median nerve
neuralgia. Carpal tunnel syndrome. Pronator - teres
muscle syndrome - Femoral nerve neuralgia - Obturator
nerve neuralgia - Sciatic nerve neuralgia - Common
peroneal nerve neuralgia - Tibial nerve neuralgia. Tarsal
tunnel syndrome
PATHOLOGY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Stroke - Cerebral palsy syndrome
MEDICAL MASSAGE IN CASES OF TRAUMAS AND DISEASES OF THE
MUSCULAR AND SKELETAL SYSTEMS
TRAUMAS
Contusions - Ligamental sprain - Rotator cuff syndrome -
Deltoid muscle syndrome - Rhomboideus major and minor
muscles syndrome - Extensor digitorum muscle syndrome -
Tensor fascia lata muscle syndrome - Tendinitis -
Achillodynia - Epicondylitis. Tennis elbow. Golfer's
elbow - Menisci injuries - Sprained ankle joint -
Luxations - Fractures
DISEASES
Osteoarthritis - TMJ - Rheumatoid arthritis - Scoliosis -
Dupuytren's contracture - Trochanteritis - Osgood-Schlatter
disease - Flatfoot - Calcaneal spur syndrome - Hallus
valgus - Fibromyalgia
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Therapeutic
Massage : A Scientific Approach
by R. Turchaninov
Textbook Binding: 242
pages (April 20, 2000)
Aesculapius Books; ISBN: 096758681X
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What is massage? Art, spiritual healing or part of modern
medicine with a scientific approach to its therapeutic
possibilities? The author offers the reader an
opportunity to study and practice massage as a part of
modern science. Inside, the reader will find
comprehensive theoretical and practical information on
this matter.
The theoretical background of this publication is formed
by the review of 350 of the most important and
influential articles, books and other publications from
all around the Western world dating from the middle of
the 19th century to the present time. The analysis of
this extensive information also includes the modern
theories of the physiological and therapeutic impacts of
massage on the human body. Readers will find information
on how modern science sees and explains the way
mechanical stimuli evoke intimate processes on the
cellular and tissue levels and how the therapeutic impact
of massage therapy is formed.
Another positive side of this book is its representation
of the modern view on the physiology of the pain, the
gate control theory of pain and rules of
using a pain analyzing system for the patients
benefit. If it is necessary to activate pain receptors
during the treatment, measures to control pain are
discussed as well.
In the special chapter: Hand as therapeutic tool
the author presents extremely valuable information for
everyone who practices massage therapy. Readers will find
a lot of practical tips on how to effectively use their
hands to be able to work longer and more productively,
how to prevent injuries during massage treatment, and
measures to increase their hands endurance and
decrease their exhaustion.
Finally the author summarizes and represents in detail
more than 60 variations of 7 basic therapeutic techniques
(effleurage, friction, kneading, vibration, percussion,
compression, and stretching) which are employed by
Western massage schools. Some of these techniques are
used in Swedish massage, but some are quite unique. They
were created during decades of experimental and clinical
studies by scientists who shaped the Russian massage
school.
The book is richly illustrated with 126 diagrams and
photos.
Reader Review
Highly Recommended book on massage therapy,
April 26, 2000
Reviewer: sabs77 from Los Angeles, CA
Excellent choice for the student (or practitioner)of
massage therapy. Great as a reference guide to follow up
on lessons formally learned in school. Very well
organized and carefully explained techniques. Good use of
illustrations. Very helpful bibliography for further
study on every topic covered. .
Table of Contents
THE METHODS OF WESTERN MASSAGE THERAPY
Preventive Massage Therapy - Medical Massage - Sports
Massage
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF MASSAGE ON THE
SYSTEMS AND ORGANS OF THE HUMAN BODY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Central Nervous System - Peripheral Nervous System
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Cardiac and Cerebral Circulation - Peripheral Arterio-Venous
Circulation - Effect of Massage on Blood Parameters
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
Experimental Studies - Clinical Studies - Vodder's Lymph
Drainage Massage
MUSCULAR SYSTEM
Experimental and Clinical Studies - Massage and Athlete's
Recovery
SKELETAL SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Experimental Studies - Clinical Studies
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
URINARY SYSTEM
GENITAL SYSTEM
Female Genital System - Male Genital System
MASSAGE DURING PREGNANCY
MASSAGE IN PEDIATRY
MASSAGE IN DERMATOLOGICAL PRACTICE
OTHER EFFECTS OF MASSAGE THERAPY
PRESSURE AND MECHANISMS OF THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF
MASSAGE THERAPY
MECHANISMS OF THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF MASSAGE THERAPY
Indirect, Reflex Mechanism - Direct, Local Mechanism
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PRESSURE
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN. THE PAIN-ANALYZING SYSTEM AND
ITS CORRECT ACTIVATION BY MASSAGE THERAPY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN
"GATE-CONTROL" THEORY OF PAIN
PAIN AND MASSAGE THERAPY
Inhibitory Regime of Massage Therapy - Gradual Increasing
of Applied Pressure - Permanent Vibration - Activation of
Central Control Trigger
OUTCOMES OF INAPPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF PRESSURE DURING
THE MASSAGE TREATMENT
Withdrawal Reflex - Fast Pain System - Indirect
Activation of Muscle Spindle Receptors
GENERAL RULES OF CORRECT APPLICATION OF STRONG PRESSURE
THE HAND AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL. THE CONTACT AREAS FOR
MASSAGE TREATMENT
ANATOMO-BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMAN HAND
FROM THE MASSAGE THERAPY POINT OF VIEW
Skeleton of the Hand - Ligamental Support - Muscles of
the Forearm and Hand - Skin
PROFESSIONAL INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE HAND
GENERAL MEASURES FOR INJURY PREVENTION
CONTACT AREAS OF THE HAND
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
EFFLEURAGE
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Effleurage - flat superficial - flat strong - grasping
permanent - grasping permanent with unequally distributed
pressure - ridging - raking - with locked hands -
pinching
FRICTION
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Friction - sawing - aligned - stretching - planning -
Sarkisov-Sirasini's - crossing
Cyriax's
ridging - friction-kneading - superficial
KNEADING
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Kneading - longitudinal permanent - transverse
permanent - longitudinal and transverse interruptive -
simple - digital - scrolling - double circular - mobile -
pinching - wave - rolling - stretching - tissue
displacement
VIBRATION
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Vibration - direct - supportive techniques of
vibration: shaking, rocking, pushing, pinching
PERCUSSION
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Percussion - techniques of simple percussion: tapping,
slapping, hacking, beating - cupping - whipping
COMPRESSION
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Compression - regional - pumping - ischemic
compression
PASSIVE STRETCHING
General Characteristics - Technical Distinctions - Types
of Passive Stretching - segmental - local
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