UNIT ONE: SURVEYING THE TERRITORY: HISTORY, STANDARDS, BOUNDARIES, AND EQUIPMENT

1. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF MASSAGE

H. Micheal Tarver

2. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND BOUNDARIES

3. TOOLS OF THE TRADE AND THE MASSAGE ENVIRONMENT

UNIT TWO: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR THE MASSAGE THERAPIST

4. INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMAN BODY: CELLS, TISSUES, AND THE BODY COMPASS

5. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

6. SKELETAL SYSTEM

7. SKELETAL NOMENCLATURE

8. MUSCULAR SYSTEM

9. SKELETAL MUSCLE NOMENCLATURE

10. NERVOUS SYSTEM

11. ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND HORMONES

12. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

13. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

14. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

15. URINARY SYSTEM

UNIT THREE: BENEFITS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, SCREENING, TECHNIQUE, AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE MASSAGE PRACTITIONER

16. HEALTH, HYGIENE, SANITATION, AND SAFETY STANDARDS

17. THE SCIENCE OF TABLE AND BODY MECHANICS

18. CLASSIFYING SWEDISH MASSAGE MOVEMENTS

19. MASSAGE PHYSIOLOGY--BENEFITS, INDICATIONS, CONTRAINDICATIONS, AND ENDANGERMENT SITES

20. PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION, ASSESSMENT, AND DOCUMENTATION

Susie Ogg Cormier

21. ADAPTIVE MASSAGE AND CLIENT MANAGEMENT ISSUES

22. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

UNIT FOUR: A USER'S GUIDE TO ALTERNATIVE AND ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES

23. HYDROTHERAPY, CRYOTHERAPY, AND THERMOTHERAPY

24. FOOT REFLEXOLOGY

Cathy Allen

25. SEATED MASSAGE

Ralph R. Stephens

26. SPORTS MASSAGE

Michael J. Loomis

27. INFANT MASSAGE

Maria Mathias

UNIT FIVE: THE BUSINESS OF BODYWORK

28. BUSINESS PRACTICES

Appendices

Glossary

Index