This newly updated edition focuses on the essential information needed to start a career as a massage professional. Readers will gain an understanding of the body and its functions and learn massage techniques and therapeutic skills, including specialized massage such as prenatal massage, massage during labor, lymph massage, neuromuscular therapy, reflexology, and more. Skills for client-therapist relations, communications, and promotions complete this well-rounded text to ensure a successful massage business. Recognized as ...
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This newly updated edition focuses on the essential information needed to start a career as a massage professional. Readers will gain an understanding of the body and its functions and learn massage techniques and therapeutic skills, including specialized massage such as prenatal massage, massage during labor, lymph massage, neuromuscular therapy, reflexology, and more. Skills for client-therapist relations, communications, and promotions complete this well-rounded text to ensure a successful massage business. Recognized as a recommended resource by the National Certification Board for Massage and Bodywork, "Delmar's Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage features over 700 richly illustrated drawings and updated and expanded anatomy tables. The Course Management Guide for Delmar'sTheory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage contains the lesson plans for each of the chapters in the text keyed to pages in the text and student workbook. This helpful guide provides teachers with a complete outline for both the theory and practical sessions of the class, along with time allotments, suggested projects, references and resources, and assignments. Other sections of the course guide will include guidelines for starting a massage program, objective tests, test answers, pronunciation guide, handouts, transparency masters.
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