Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings, Deep Tissue Massage is the standard guide to the essentials of touch, biomechanics, and positioning options for a multitude of strategies to treat all major conditions encountered in a bodywork practice.The book is divided into three sections. “Fundamentals” covers basic skills of palpation, explaining the deeper layers of the body and presenting detailed instruction on working with these layers to release tension. This section gives clear information on the proper use of knuckles, fist, forearms, and elbows in preventing injury to the therapist. “Strategies” offers more precise protocols and treatment plans for the entire body with emphasis on client positioning options to stretch muscles rather than just kneading tissues. “Caveats” details areas in which the practitioner needs to exercise caution.Deep Tissue Massage presents a wealth of information in a way the therapist can immediately utilize. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and includes a preface to the new edition, a foreword, an index, a Suggested Reading list, and extended sections on integrating deep-tissue massage into bodywork practice and the psychology of treating injuries.
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"Art’s passion, teaching expertise, and therapeutic knowledge blend beautifully in this user-friendly text. Every somatic therapist will gain valuable insights for energizing their practice and enhancing skills. The book is obviously a labor of love, and as the great author, poet, and artist John Ruskin once stated, 'When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.'"—Erik Dalton, Ph.D., Developer of the Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques and founder of the Freedom From Pain Institute"Art Riggs is masterful at teaching and explaining deep bodywork. We unreservedly recommend his materials in our workshops, and his updated Deep Tissue Massage will be an indispensable aid to practitioners, teachers, schools, and students."—Til Luchau, Certified Advanced Rolfer, Faculty of the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration and Director and Lead Instructor of Advanced-Trainings.com“Art Riggs has created a superb teaching tool for the classroom and a matchless clinical reference manual. His book captures the background context and specific applications of deep tissue work in a word and picture, while conveying the essence and importance of attitude and approach.”—Keith Eric Grant, Ph.D., NCTMB, Research physicist and director of the McKinnon Institute Sports & Dip Tissue Program
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Art Riggs is a Certified Advanced Rolfer and massage therapist who has taught bodywork since 1988. A frequent conductor of workshops for medical professionals, including physical therapists, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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127 of 133 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a NY State Licensed and National Board Certified Massage Therapist. Honestly speaking, deep tissue massage is in great demand as people stress out from work and life. About 90% of my clients come for deep tissue massage.
I have most of the reference material for Deep Tissue Massage, including this book and DVD by Art Riggs, Deep Tissue & Neuromuscular Therapy (2 sets) by Sean Riehl, Balanced Body by Donald W. Scheumann, and Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (Vol 1) by Erik Dalton. Art Riggs' teaching material excels from them all. Furthermore, I appreciated the way how Riggs handled customer complaints. Riggs answered my email complaints personally and have turned a customer complaint into a praise. On the other extreme, I never got any email answer from Erik Dalton regarding my purchase (I did get an order confirmation from his company).
A final word, you will not regret buying the study material from Art Riggs, and don't waste money on the studying material for Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques. Most of the techniques from Myoskeletal Alignment (Vol 1) can be found in Art Riggs' Deep Tissue Massage.
Enjoy your Deep Tissue Massage
I have most of the reference material for Deep Tissue Massage, including this book and DVD by Art Riggs, Deep Tissue & Neuromuscular Therapy (2 sets) by Sean Riehl, Balanced Body by Donald W. Scheumann, and Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (Vol 1) by Erik Dalton. Art Riggs' teaching material excels from them all. Furthermore, I appreciated the way how Riggs handled customer complaints. Riggs answered my email complaints personally and have turned a customer complaint into a praise. On the other extreme, I never got any email answer from Erik Dalton regarding my purchase (I did get an order confirmation from his company).
A final word, you will not regret buying the study material from Art Riggs, and don't waste money on the studying material for Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques. Most of the techniques from Myoskeletal Alignment (Vol 1) can be found in Art Riggs' Deep Tissue Massage.
Enjoy your Deep Tissue Massage
66 of 69 people found the following review helpful
By Hortensia
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I have been teaching deep tissue massage for many years. This is the first really accessible text on deep tissue massage that I have seen. The illustrations are especially helpful and the author's descriptions of techniques very useful and easy to follow. When I first read this book,I could hear my teacher's voice - it is very similar to my original training in deep tissue massage. I would recommend it to all massage therapists who want to improve their massage skills.
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book for Massage Therapists
This book is an excellent reference for Massage Therapists. It is full of information and photos that help you understand the material! Well presented!
Published 3 months ago by frank
4.0 out of 5 stars
Super
The instruction contained in this test is clear and concise. The pictures are quite helpful and accessible. This is certainly one of the better texts on deep tissue massage.
Published 3 months ago by cramitsucko
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative
Lots of techniques for self massage as well as working with another person. I recommend this to anyone interested in massage techniques.
Published 5 months ago by B. Valenza
3.0 out of 5 stars
good book but not great
good introductory for deep massage but it mostly shows you how to position yourself and the client, plus it states that the pictures are not a true representation of the way it is... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Antonio Lo Bello
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
I've been a Massage Therapist and Instructor for seven years and this, as well as his corresponding DVD set, is hands-down the best work on Deep Tissue Massage that I've had the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Thomas H. Cox
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is.. deep
This book was a bit over my head, I think if you are learning the profession and actually being taught by someone, then this book would be great because it is very extensive on... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Corbin
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great reference!
I have enjoyed having this book in my reference collection. The photos are clear and the descriptions are excellent. Read more
Published 8 months ago by massagegal
5.0 out of 5 stars
Indispensable Information for Every Therapist
This book has invaluable information presented in a clear and concise manner. Art Riggs and his materials are great resources for every MT regardless of the modalities practiced. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Michael A Zernial
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not very good book.
Very strange techniques and definitely not very practical if you are actually trying to work on someone. Read more
Published 12 months ago by shamarie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Advanced technique
Very informative and well-written with excellent photos and illustrations. The techniques seem very advanced, however, and I haven't incorporated a whole lot of it into my work.
Published 13 months ago by eldredn
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