Simancek Jeffrey A. - Deep Tissue Massage Treatment--E-Book

Deep Tissue Massage Treatment

Second Edition

Jeffrey A. Simancek, BS, NCMT

Owner/TherapistWolf Tracks Massage Therapy, Irvine, California

Mosby

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DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE TREATMENT, Second Edition

ISBN: 978-0-323-07759-0

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Copyright 2006 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.

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Notices

Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary.

Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility.

With respect to any drug or pharmaceutical products identified, readers are advised to check the most current information provided (i) on procedures featured or (ii) by the manufacturer of each product to be administered, to verify the recommended dose or formula, the method and duration of administration, and contraindications. It is the responsibility of practitioners, relying on their own experience and knowledge of their patients, to make diagnoses, to determine dosages and the best treatment for each individual patient, and to take all appropriate safety precautions.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Simancek, Jeffrey A.

Deep tissue massage treatment / Jeffrey A. Simancek. 2nd ed.

p. ; cm.

Rev. ed. of: Deep tissue massage treatment / Enrique Fabian Fernandez. c2006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-323-07759-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

I. Fernandez, Enrique Fabian. Deep tissue massage treatment. II. Title.

[DNLM: 1. MassagemethodsHandbooks. WB 39]

615.822dc23

2012004703

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Reviewers

Sandy Fritz, BS, MS, NCTMB

Owner, Director, and Head Instructor, Health Enrichment Center School of Therapeutic Massage, Lapeer, Michigan

Karen Mitchell Jackson, LMT, NCTMB

Program Director, Massage Therapy, St. Louis College of Health Careers, St. Louis, Missouri

Yolanda M. Karas, LMT, NCTMB, B.U.S., MPH

Owner, YADA Organic Massage & Spa, LLC, Massage Therapy Program Coordinator/Faculty, Rasmussen College, Bismarck, North Dakota

Eric Munn, CMT, NCTMB

Director of Massage Therapy, Fortis Institute Wayne, Wayne, New Jersey

Joseph E. Muscolino, DC

Adjunct Professor, Purchase College, SUNY, Owner of The Art and Science of Kinesiology, Purchase, New York

Monica J. Reno, AS, LMT

NCBTMB/ FL Approved Continuing Education Provider, Touch Education, Inc. Ocoee, Florida

Sandy Scott, RMTI-I, Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Health Instructor, BS/AS/AA

Massage Therapy Program Chair, Anthem College Anthem Education Group, Maryland Heights, Missouri

Debra S. Stell, MA, BA, LMT

National Training Director - Body Services, Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spas, Stamford, CT

Barbara G. White, LMT, MTI, NCTMB

Licensed Massage Therapist, Neuromuscular Therapist, Massage Instructor and Seminar Speaker, ABMP, Port Neches, Texas

Preface

Skepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of skepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for the most part, to shut our ears against conviction; since, from the very gradual character of our education, we must continually forget, and emancipate ourselves from, knowledge previously acquired; we must set aside old notions and embrace fresh ones; and as we learn, we must be daily unlearning something which it has cost us no small labour and anxiety to acquire.

-Theodore Alois Buckley

According to the 2010 AMTA Industry Fact Sheet, 77 percent of massage therapists report offering deep tissue massage as one of the modalities they offer. Most schools have a portion of their curriculum dedicated to the application of deep tissue massage. This book was written to address the desire and need to better support the teaching and understanding of what deep tissue massage is and how to appropriately integrate it into the services massage therapists offer.

, reviews some of the basic anatomy of the body by region and some common pathological conditions experienced in each of these regions. Sample sequences are presented for a visual application of some of these techniques.

A few texts are available on the subject of deep tissue massage and many of these texts emphasize the techniques used. Few of these books emphasize the theoretical applications of these techniques. Deep tissue massage treatment presents a review of the forces a massage therapist applies to the body, assessment approaches and a brief history on other modalities which are used to create a superior massage session for both the massage therapist and the client.

) has been added to help prevent stress and injury to the therapist. All the pathologic conditions presented in the first edition now include a brief background in the pathology and are sectioned off by body region rather than by condition. A brief overview of the anatomy is included to help you understand how the body works as a whole and may contribute to a particular condition. New images and videos on the Evolve site have been added to support each sequence in this book. Anatomical images have been used in each chapter to help visualize the information being presented in this book.

to help prevent stress and injury to you as a therapist and aid in a long and rewarding career in the massage industry.