With more than 700 full-color illustrations, this engaging resource takes a visual approach to helping you understand the scientific principles behind therapeutic massage. Coverage includes a wide range of clinically relevant topics - from basic overviews of anatomy and disease to in-depth explorations of each body system - with an emphasis on applying scientific principles to practice. A companion DVD features over 75 anatomy and physiology animations and cadaver dissection footage that show biologic functions and medical procedures in realistic detail.UNIQUE! A comprehensive chapter on biomechanics includes valuable information on muscle testing and assessment.Combined workbook and textbook format encourages critical thinking with activities, short essays, fill-in-the-blank questions, drawing exercises, and more to help you reinforce concepts.Sections on pathologic conditions, with suggestions for intervention protocols, indications, and contraindications for therapeutic massage, prepare you to work with clients safely and effectively.Handy appendices with quick reference charts for muscles and pathology provide at-a-glance access to common muscle information and pathologies.Full-color muscle anatomy illustrations highlight help identify and locate muscles.A section on nutrition includes information on the digestive process, nutrition basics, and the functions of vitamins and minerals to help you understand how nutrition affects the body."Clinical Reasoning" exercises in the workbook sections and "Practical Applications" boxes within chapters help you apply concepts from the book to real-life situations with realistic examples.Thoroughly reviewed and updated chapters ensure accurate content with up-to-date applications to massage.Updated full-color illustrations clearly demonstrate anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and pathology concepts.Updated Evolve resources include extensive learning activities for each chapter, as well as additional gait assessment and muscle firing pattern photos, web links, and a National Certification Exam review to provide more opportunities for learning.

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This money-saving package includes Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage 4e with Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage 3e.

Product Description: Evolve eBook The Evolve eBook gives you electronic access to all the textbook content. Using Evolve eBooks, you will be able to search your entire Elsevier eBooks library, highlight key passages, take notes, that you can share with your friends, and create folders to organize study materials...read more

Product Description: This money saving package includes Massage Online for Friz: Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage (User Guide, Access Code, and textbook package and Fritz: Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage 4e textbook.

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Product Description: No other massage review book offers such complete exam preparation! Written by massage therapy expert Sandy Fritz, this preparation tool offers more review content and questions than any other massage certification review. It gives you the practice and study tools you need for the NCE and MPLEx certification exams, state exams, and even mid-term or final exams...read more

Product Description: A MASSAGE THERAPIST'S GUIDE TO LOWER BACK AND PELVIC PAIN describes in detail the background to the evolution of "non-specific" backache as well as the assessment and treatment methods ideal for use in combination with massage therapy, deriving from physical therapy, osteopathic, and chiropractic sources...read more

Comprises single topics and is written in 'entry level' language comprising summaries of information, with short explanatory paragraphs, multiple illustrations, and glossary, together with concluding text that explains the learning objectives, with questions. A CD-ROM demonstrating the palpation and treatment methods supplements this text.

Product Description: Compiled by an expert in massage practice and education, this handy massage therapy reference delivers essential information in a practical, pocket-sized format that's ideal for both students and practicing professionals. Clinically relevant content is divided into five sections on anatomy, safety and precautions, massage application, assessment and record keeping, and pathology and pain...read more

Product 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...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive resource covers a broad array of research strategies available to massage therapists to give them the tools they need to be knowledgeable readers of research literature, as well as active researchers. The primary focus of the book is on the quantitative aspect of research that encompasses the principal types of studies most extensively used in the various health care professions, specifically massage therapy...read more

Product Description: This convenient, money-saving package is a must for students training for a career in massage therapy. The package includes Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage (Enhanced Reprint) Text and Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage, by Sandy Fritz...read more

Mosby's Curriculum Guide for Massage Therapy (ISBN: 0-323-01395-3) Designed to assist in the development of an educational program in therapeutic massage. It combines science, theory, technical skills, and professional skills into a practical competency-based design. Content can be adapted to any massage program.

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