This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist's hands. Students see clearly which muscle is being worked, where it is, where it is attached, how it can be accessed manually, what problems it can cause, and how treatment techniques are performed. This edition features improved illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle.
An accompanying Real Bodywork DVD includes video demonstrations of massage techniques from the book.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Full of errors and soooo inorganized:
Get the Body trail instead - Much, much better.
The only god thing about this book is the hard cover, pathetic, no ?
Great Book & DVD for Students:
Nice illustration to learn Anatomy, great book for beginner students to self-study. This book includes DVD, that is a great help while practicing. I really wish the DVD has scene selections for a muscle under each sections of body.
YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK! Period:
This is undoubtedly a must have book that can easily be the sole resource on massage and anatomy that a massage therapist will EVER need. Every purchaser cannot be wrong! If you want a book that explains through graphic, precise pictorials and easy to follow techniques which muscles do what, you cannot go without this manual. An invaluable source when studying for the NCBTMB. A suitable companion for this gem is the "The Magic Touch: How to make $100,000 per year as a massage Therapist" by Meagan R.... more info
A RNs thoughts on anatomy/massage technique pictures:
This is a review of the earlier edition but the information here applies to this book as well. The best of many, many books I have used for physical therapy approach to major medical problems. This is the most workable book with, by far, the best medical illustrations for the professional and the amateur alike. I have used Dr. Janet Travell's books, which are the benchmark for all musculo-skeletal manuals, but this is the book I use to put massage, trigger point, and any other therapies to use. It is... more info
