Tappan's Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques: Classic, Holistic and Emerging Methods (4th Edition) [Paperback]

Patricia J. Benjamin (Author), Frances M. Tappan (Author)

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Product Description

This pioneering book in massage therapy provides basic information on the art and science of effective healing massage techniques in quick-learn, easy-to-understand terms. Whether you're a licensed massage therapy practitioner, health related professional, or just interested in basic massage therapy techniques, this is the book for you! The authors carefully examine the foundations of healing massage, western massage techniques, contemporary massage including myofascial techniques, trigger points, lymphatic drainage massage, foot reflexology, Asian bodywork therapy and applications of massage. For those involved with therapeutic massage and bodywork.

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The 4^th edition of Tappan’s Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques continues to be an authoritative and comprehensive resource for massage therapy courses.  This book lays the theoretical groundwork and provides detailed descriptions of techniques for Western and contemporary massage, Asian bodywork therapy and applications for special populations.  Whether you are a licensed massage therapy practitioner, another health-related professional, or simply interested in basic massage therapy techniques, this is the book for you.

New to this Edition:

• Accompanying CD-ROM–provides instructional video of the most common massage techniques to provide readers with a visual aid to accompany chapter content.
• Includes the Wellness Massage Pyramid which introduces a new model for the understanding the broad scope of massage therapy based on the wellness perspective.
• End-of-chapter Study Outlines provide students and instructors with useful tools for identifying, understanding and learning the content of each chapter.
• Chapters on the effects of massage and clinical applications of massage provide extensive documentation of research.
• New chapters on Hydrotherapy and Thermal Therapy and Asian Bodywork Therapy are included.
• New Appendix A:  25 Forms of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork provides students a survey of the 25 most important forms of massage and bodywork with sources of additional information.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4 edition (June 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130987158
• ISBN-13: 978-0130987150
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #93,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended book on massage therapy, April 26, 2000

By	Sabs (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tappan's Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques: Classic, Holistic and Emerging Methods (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Excellent choice for the student (or practitioner)of massage therapy. Great as a reference guide to follow up on lessons formally learned in school. Very well organized and carefully explained techniques. Good use of illustrations. Very helpful bibliography for further study on every topic covered.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book, October 27, 2005

By	Paulo Y. Haranaka (Concord, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tappan's Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques: Classic, Holistic and Emerging Methods (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This is a very good book and the companion CD-Rom is really very helpful.

Did not give 5 stars though because the Cd-Rom could have been made more friendly to navigate (maybe including a "play all" option) and should allow us to view the presentations in full screen and not limited to a very small image.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference book and CD-ROM, May 21, 2007

By	Rich Poley (Boulder, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tappan's Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques: Classic, Holistic and Emerging Methods (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This is a thoroughly user friendly book for the student of massage, and the best general reference book on massage that I've found. The book attempts to cover it all and does a fairly good job. Particularly good is its section on Western Massage Techniques, especially those demonstrated in the video. The chapter and section in the video on trigger points and their release are particularly helpful for athletes.