Functional Assessment in Massage Therapy (Paperback)

~ Whitney W. Lowe (Author)

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Product Description

A guidebook to orthopedic assessment of pain and injury conditions for the massage therapy practitioner.

About the Author

Lowe researches and authors articles on pain and injury assessment techniques in national journals and in his bi-monthly research newsletter, Orthopedic & Sports Massage Reviews. He has a strong academic background including graduate study in psychology, sports medicine and biomechanics. In addition, he has extensive clinical experience including work at the Emory Clinic Sports Medicine Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Lowe is currently a member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies and writes a regular feature column for the Journal of Soft Tissue Manipulation. He teaches workshops across the country and internationally on orthopedic massage and assessment skills. He has been a valued faculty member of several massage schools and is currently the director of the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute in Bend, Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Omeri; 3rd edition (December 5, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966119606
• ISBN-13: 978-0966119602
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #514,331 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for you, good for your client, August 18, 2001

By	"ladyanna" (Shreveport, LA United States) - See all my reviews

I am a massage therapist and I also teach Sports Massage. Students don't escape my class without having the virtues of this book emblazoned upon their memories by dint of relentless repetition on my part. If you're interested in knowing what's going on with your clients' musculo-skeletal systems, you need to buy this book and use it. It discusses many and diverse disorders you will probably see in your practice; giving a description of the characteristics of the disorder, assessment information and suggested treatments. The charts and tables alone are worth the cover price. You will be more effective as a massage therapist, whatever your modality, with the information in Functional Assessment.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not out of print, September 10, 2004

By	AuntArctica "ewolf44" (Homer, AK) - See all my reviews

Amazon has listed this book as out of print and customers risk spending far more money than the $29.95 cost of the book. Please contact OMERI for sales information and amazon to let them know they can still buy this seminal text for massage therapists.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers exactly what the title says, January 19, 2009

By	Vicki L. Hawse (Santa fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have not read this book cover to cover yet, but it is an excellent resource for functional assessment. It is organized in an easy to follow and understand format, and easy to understand language - medical terms are clearly defined where they are presented, and the author has no need to "impress" his readers with unnecessarily complicated anatomical vocabulary. The treatment suggestions are brief and miminal, but it is a book about functional assessment. I would have liked the author to recommend a companion book on treatment of the conditions he covered.
I highly recommend this book to any serious massage therapist or similar bodyworker.
V. Hawse, massage therapist and massage instructor