Sports & Exercise Massage: Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, & Rehabilitation (Mosby's Massage Career Development)

By Sandy Fritz

The competitive athlete, whether amateur or professional, presents specific challenges to the massage therapist. To treat these individuals, the therapist should have a background in sport specific activities, be aware of the effects of training, and understand injury types and rehabilitation applications. This text describes patterns for sport activities (like running, throwing, impact, and repetitive use) and provides guidelines for applying massage to specific sports. Because athletes depend on highly coordinated neuromuscular activity, assessment and massage applications that address these physiologic mechanisms are covered in depth.Comprehensive text covers all the essentials of sports and exercise massage making it the sole resource needed for massage therapists interested in specializing in sports massage450 full-color illustrations accompany procedures, concepts and techniques to enhance understanding and comprehension of each topicProvides information for both assessment and management of connective tissue dysfunctionCovers general nutrition for fitness, with material on supplements and banned substances for athletesIncludes Autonomic Nervous System functions as well as fluid dynamics in circulationEach chapter contains chapter outlines, chapter objectives, key terms, summaries, practical applications, and workbook review questions, so the instructor can build lesson plans off of this pedagogy, and the student can comprehend the information more thoroughly by completing all of the exercisesIncluded with the book is a DVD containing almost 2 hours of video showing the specific applications described in the bookCase studies integrate information and touch upon the family and social support of athletes

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323028829
• ISBN13: 9780323028820
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.3"

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Sports & Exercise Massage

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Very good book

Awesome book, it has helped me understand a lot about massaging and is going to be of great use for my career. thanks very much

Biased

Being a bit biased because I know the author and attend/ed her school, I can truthfully say her book leaves nothing out. It covers basics of therapeutic bodywork all the way up to actual helpful techniques for working with athletes. Contraindications, assessment techniques, rehab, case studies, it's all here. There are plenty of pictures demonstrating techniques and the muscles that are being addressed. There's even a video, that accompanies the book, to visually demonstrate even more, some of the techniques discussed. If I could say anything negative about the book I'd say 'overkill'. Sandy has strived to leave absolutely nothing out. Kudos, Mrs Fritz! James Nichols NCTMB