Sports & Exercise Massage

Comprehensive Care for Athletics, Fitness, & Rehabilitation

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

899 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Providing guidelines for applying massage to amateur and professional athletes, Sports & Exercise Massage: Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, & Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition helps you address the challenges of treating clients involved in sports, physical fitness, rehabilitation, and exercise. In-depth coverage describes common patterns for sports activities, such as running and throwing, and uses the principles of massage to focus on assessment techniques, indications, contraindications, and outcome goals. This edition includes a new chapter on stretching, hundreds of full-color photos of techniques, and an Evolve companion website with step-by-step videos demonstrating sports massage applications. Written by noted educator and massage therapy expert Sandy Fritz, this resource provides the proven massage techniques you need to manage common exercise and sports injuries and syndromes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-04-17
Mått216 x 276 x undefined mm
Vikt970 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor472
Upplaga2
FörlagElsevier Health Sciences
ISBN9780323083829

Tillhör följande kategorier

Idrottsmedicin och idrottsskador inom Medicin

Sandy Fritz, MS, LMT is the Owner, Director, and Head Educator of the Health Enrichment Center, Inc., School of Therapeutic Massage. Sandy is a nationally certified massage therapist. She earned her master's degree from Thomas Edison State College in 2000 and her Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Central Michigan University in 1998. She is affiliated with the American Massage Therapy Association, American Massage. Professionals Association, and Advisory Board for International Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. She has also been in private practice for almost 30 years, has developed a student massage clinic with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, and also provides professional sports massage and rehabilitation.

PrefaceUNIT ONE: THEORY AND APPLICATION OF EXERCISE AND ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE1. The World of Sports and Exercise Massage2. What is Sports Massage 3. Evidence for Sports Massage Benefit4. Kinesiology5. Fitness First6. Sport-Specific Movement7. Nutritional Support and Banned Substances8. Influences of the Mind and Body UNIT TWO: SPORTS MASSAGE: THEORY AND APPLICATION9. Indications and Cautions10. Assessment for Sports Massage and Physical Rehabilitation Application 11. Review of Massage Methods12. Stretching NEW!13. Focused Massage Application14. Unique Circumstances and Adjunct Therapies UNIT THREE: SPORT INJURY15. Injury in General16. Pain Management17. Common Categories of Injury 18. Medical Treatment for Injury19. Systemic Illness and Disorders20. Injury by AreaUNIT FOUR: CASE STUDIES 21. Case StudiesGlossary Index