Mosby's Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage | 
 enlarge | Author: Sandy Fritz
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
List Price: $61.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 44549
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 832
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0323048617
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9780323048613
ASIN: 0323048617
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Product Description
With thorough coverage of the knowledge you need to practice, MOSBY'S FUNDAMENTALS OF THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE, 4th Edition provides a solid foundation in the fundamentals of massage and the latest therapeutic modalities and equipment, as well as important practice management topics such as ethics, legal issues, and best business practices. Focused on clinical reasoning and competency-based outcomes, this new edition includes two companion DVDs with over three hours of video on techniques, body mechanics, case studies, and more, plus anatomy and physiology animations that demonstrate concepts from the book.
- Expert author Sandy Fritz shares her years of experience and provides you with an authoritative resource on massage therapy.
- Comprehensive coverage of content included on the National Certification Exam (NCE) and the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB) makes this book a perfect study tool.
- A combined workbook and textbook format encourages critical thinking with activities, short essays, fill-in-the-blank questions, drawing exercises, and more to help you review concepts from the book.
- Three appendices Indications and Contraindications to Massage, Skin Pathology, and Common Medications and Possible Implications for Massage provide valuable resources for reference and further study.
- General Protocol sections in the book, on the Evolve website, and on the companion DVD provide a guide for assessment and massage application, intervention and positioning recommendations, and a modifiable, step-by-step sequence to help you learn to develop care plans for specific clients.
- Insurance reimbursement section features discussions of insurance procedures, appropriate charting, necessary paperwork, and how to handle reimbursement.
- All-new photos enhance your understanding of concepts from the book.
- Expanded massage therapy career content addresses recent changes to massage therapy certification exams and discusses the many career tracks available.
- Expanded nutrition coverage helps you understand how nutrition, digestive function, and vitamins and minerals relate to massage outcomes.
- Updated and improved Body Mechanics chapter discusses the proper body mechanics you need to use to ensure a long and successful career and to provide more effective treatment.
- A section on pet massage includes basic massage and pain management techniques for common household pets.
- Additional learning activities, web links, National Certification Exam review questions, image collections, labeling exercises, crossword puzzles, and more on the updated Evolve website challenge you to practice and sharpen your skills.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Terrible Book June 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has some great info but it jumps around alot. Needs more organization.
A necessary purchase June 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was another required book for my education. My instructor is very happy with it. It is easy to read but the CD enclosed leaves much to be desired. The illustrations could be better, in my opinion, but I don't have anything to compare it to except my own expectations. All in all a good book but it could be improved.
good theory book for massage therapy November 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a required text for class. So far the info seems to be objective and useful, especially as far as the industry/profession itself is concerned historically.
Very Nice September 18, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book used and was in excellent condition. It was delivered in a timely manner which made me very happy.
Thank you.
 Like it, will keep this one. November 30, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is full of requires stuff that every massage student should know. I liked the chapters on hygiene, body mechanics and business practices. The book reads in a pretty technical way. So, yes, it's quite wordy, but it is pretty complete. All in all, one of the needed books to study from for the National Certification Exam. Other required books for Massage National Certification Exam PREPARTION ARE:
Patrick Leonardi's "The Ulitimate Study Guide for the National Certicfication for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork,
volumes 1,2 & 3. This has wonderful questions that helped to keep me on track.
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