Product Description: Discover the healing power of massage therapy!With The Complete Guide to Massage, you can use the power of touch to soothe aches and wash away worries. Each page guides you through the time-honored practice with step-by-step instructions and photographs for massaging yourself and others...read more

Product Description: This text provides information on a variety of diseases and conditions, and discusses how massage may or may not fit into the healing process for each one. For each condition the definition, demographics, aetiology, signs and symptoms are provided...read more

Product Description: A comprehensive guide to emotional blockages in the energy body and their physical manifestations • Details how emotional trauma, long-term stress, and environmental influences cause energy blockages in the subtle body that affect the physical body • Explores more than 30 specific physical ailments, detailing the energetic origins of each condition and which meridians, chakras, and points are affected • Explains how to interpret and work with energies released in massage and during yoga practice In this comprehensive guide to subtle energy and its associated physical manifestations, Robert Henderson reveals how the discomfort and pain you carry in your physical body is related to the energies of the life you have experienced...read more

Product Description: Reviews the anatomy and physiology related to the pathologies, organized around body functions and processes. Uses available research to specify when the five main massage modalities would be indicated or contraindicated. Presents podcasts recorded by the by author that include How to Use this Book and Massage Research...read more

Massage is one of the oldest forms of therapy, renowned for restoring physical and emotional wellbeing. With this book you can experiment with massage in the comfort of your own home and treat family and friends to a total pampering experience!  Clear, step-by-step instructions demonstrate all the techniques you will need to aid relaxation, relieve aches and pains, release tension and improve energy levels, and also included are recipes for oils, lotions and compresses.  Whether you want to treat a common ailment or simply to unwind, Massage Basics is an indispensable guide.

Product Description: This comprehensive manual is an invitation to discover the secrets of erotic massage for couples.Erotic Massage for Couples teaches you, step-by-step—with the help of one hundred color photos—how to unleash your new sensual experiences onto your partner...read more

Product Description: Discover the quick and easy Chinese exercise approach to common daily health problems in this fully-illustrated and easy-to-follow handbook. Based on millennia of effective Chinese medicine and health practice, the Qigong and self-massage techniques described take just a few minutes a day, and can resolve on-going issues such as knee pain, hemorrhoids, insomnia, sciatica and lower back pain...read more

Product Description: Dicke's systematic, scientifically based treatment method of connective tissue massage (or "Bindegewebsmassage") is now in wide use throughout the world. In this book, practitioners will get the first detailed, "how-to" description of connective tissue massage (CTM) {in the English language} including the principles, knowledge, and skills to implement it...read more

The Second Edition of Introduction to Massage Therapy instills the essential skills and knowledge needed to become a professional massage therapist and excel as one. The authors integrate functional anatomy, physiology, and pathology with massage therapy techniques, helping you translate your knowledge of the underlying science into practice. Designed to prepare you for all aspects of massage practice, the text also covers communication and documentation, safety and self-care practices, and essential business concepts. This text offers a wealth of 3D anatomical information on the skeletal, muscular, and neurovascular systems, as well as surface anatomy. The Second Edition features expanded coverage of hydrotherapy, Eastern techniques, sanitation and hygiene, and HIPAA. New Features to Help You Master Massage Therapy— New topics have been added or expanded to better prepare you for the National Certification Exam (NCE). Critical thinking exercises test your skills in selecting the correct techniques to apply under specific sets of circumstances. Contraindication boxes highlight particular situations when massage should not be used or a specific stroke may be harmful. More Highlights and Features— Full-color illustrations and photographs help you learn important concepts and techniques. Progressive case studies ask you to develop step-by-step treatment plans for a client. Procedure boxes set forth step-by-step instructions for treatments and assessments. Exercises in each chapter help you assess your grasp of key concepts. Bonus DVD Each copy of the text includes the Real Bodywork DVD, featuring outstanding video clips of massage sequences presented in the text.

Product Description: This is a unique, revolutionary and totally natural self-care programme developed to treat muscle based health problems and reduce the signs of ageing. The fully-illustrated handbook guides you through stretching and massage techniques to relax the facial, neck and shoulder muscles, with particular emphasis on the jaw, where tension is often held...read more

Product Description: The rise of merchant capital in Mecca conditioned the development of Meccan social, economic, religious, and political structure. Mahmood Ibrahim traces the roots of capitalism from the emergence of merchants as the main force in Mecca through the first civil war in Islam (656–661)...read more

Product Description: This package contains the following products:  9780781759229 Premkumar Anatomy & Physiology, 3e 9781608316953 , Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, 7e 9781608319107 Werner A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, 5e

Product Description: This comprehensive introductory massage text is organized into 24 chapters that cover the key areas addressed in massage programs of 500 to 1200 hours in length. Topics inside the chapters are structured to allow for manageable reading assignments that build a student’s sense of accomplishment and motivation...read more

Product Description: The rise of merchant capital in Mecca conditioned the development of Meccan social, economic, religious, and political structure. Mahmood Ibrahim traces the roots of capitalism from the emergence of merchants as the main force in Mecca through the first civil war in Islam (656–661)...read more

Product Description: Lymph drainage massage is a technique utilized by massage therapists to provide relief from edema, an accumulation of fluids in the tissues that causes swelling. This book provides a scientifically-accurate explanation of the lymphatic system, the theory behind lymph drainage massage, and explains when it should be performed...read more

Product Description: Mo Rosser's well-loved text has now been fully updated to reflect the new standards in Beauty Therapy for 2010. The book places massage in the context of the workplace and provides a comprehensive introduction for students on Diplomas in Complementary Therapies, NVQ/SVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy at Level 3 and short courses at Level 3 from City and Guilds, VTCT and ITEC...read more

An illustrated guide to releasing emotional and physical blockages in the pelvic area through massage • Presents step-by-step instructions for sexual organ massages for women and men • Explains techniques to release knots, unravel nerve and lymphatic tangles, dissolve toxins and sediments, and increase blood flow • Effective for impotency, frequent and difficult urination, painful menstruation, ovarian cysts, menopause symptoms, painful intercourse, and low libido as well as back pain, sciatica, and hormone imbalance Our sexual organs play a major role in our physical and emotional health. Many emotional traumas and stresses are stored in the pelvic region in the form of tension in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons and imbalances in the meridians and organs, resulting in an accumulation of toxins and energetic knots and tangles. Freeing the jing chi of the sexual organs--a powerful source of healing energy--Karsai Nei Tsang helps to resolve physical and emotional blockages in the pelvic area through massage, meridian clearing, and detoxification. Illustrating complete sexual organ massages for women and for men, this book guides you through the techniques of Karsai Nei Tsang--including necessary detox preparations and the underlying Chi Nei Tsang principles--and shows you how to release knots and tight muscles (including the hip, buttock, and thigh muscles), unravel nerve and lymphatic tangles, dissolve toxins and sediments, and increase blood flow to the pelvic area. Addressing common problems associated with our sexual organs, this practice can be used to treat impotency, frequent and difficult urination, painful menstruation, ovarian cysts, menopause symptoms, painful intercourse, and low libido. It is also effective in alleviating back pain and sciatica, improving the body’s alignment, strengthening the pelvic floor, balancing the hormones, and increasing general vitality.