Hands-On Healing: Massage Remedies for Hundreds of Health Problems

by Prevention Magazine

Book Overview

More than an introduction to the hands-on healing art of massage, this book gives readers the facts they need to intelligently shop for an alternative touch-based therapy that is right for them.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878578080
• ISBN13: 9780878578085
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

In the bodywork field this gets a 10 STAR rating

This book gives excellent thumbnail sketches of most of the bodywork techniques currently available in the U.S. Prospective clients get a sneak preview before paying for a service. Bodyworkers get a sneak preview before investing continuing education dollars in a particular field. An invaluable resource for bodywork students. Peggy Hays,LMT owner Columbus Academy of Medical Massage

Excellent survey of the bodywork field as of 1991.

Each therapy in the book is described in terms of history, background, and from a first-person perspective that makes it easy to get a sense of the therapy. Please, please, please update this book - it was the most helpful resource I've come across, and I was excited to get an updated version, but alas there was none...

A first-line resource for descriptions on manual therapies

This book surveys the plentiful landscape of manual, hands-on therapies. The description of the therapy and resource phone numbers and addresses of certifying or teaching bodies associated with the therapy, allows the reader to determine if a particular therapy is worth investigating. This book is the first book I reach for when a person in the fibromyalgia support group that I lead is trying to locate a therapy that may help them escape from the pain of fibromyalgia. A message to Rodale Press: Update this book