Massage: Its Principles and Practice (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Roscoe, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331945933 ISBN 13 : 9781331945932

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock the healing power of massage in orthopedic care.

This book explains how massage, when guided by a surgeon, supports and speeds recovery after injury or surgery. It shows how gentle movement can reveal hidden problems, confirm improvements, and help restore function through careful, patient-centered techniques. In clear, practical terms, this edition covers the principles behind passive and active movement, the differences between relaxed and mobilization methods, and how to blend massage with Swedish exercises. It also addresses when fixation or rest might be appropriate, and how therapists and surgeons work together to tailor treatment to each patient’s needs. A thorough discussion of re-educating muscles after disuse helps readers understand how to rebuild strength safely and effectively.

• How massage interacts with surgery to reduce pain, swelling, and tissue degeneration
• Guidelines for using passive movement to awaken dormant muscles
• Strategies for combining massage with exercise and rehabilitation
• Practical steps for re-educating movement after immobilization

Ideal for readers of orthopedic care, rehabilitation, and massage therapy who want a clear, practitioner-focused guide to applying massage within a medical plan.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Massage: Its Principles and Practice

This book is not intended to serve as a Text-book for the massage student. For such many books are already on the market, and there is no need to add to their number. Moreover, it will be recognised by the experienced masseur that many of the views herein expressed are unorthodox and are therefore dangerous diet for one whose main object in the immediate future is to satisfy examiners.

I have undertaken the heavy task of writing a book in war-time, at the request of my publishers, with two main objects in view. The first is to try to point out, as far as I can, to the practising masseurs and masseuses, what I consider to be the rationale of massage treatment, and to endeavour to introduce into their technique more generally than is at present the case the care and gentleness, which appear to me as the key to the riddle of the exact nature of the massage which will most speedily yield a successful result. The six months' training at present in vogue is totally inadequate for efficiency or thorough teaching. My aim is to supplement both as far as can be done by the study of a book.

The second object I had in mind - which, I fear, is less likely to be realised - was that I might be able to place in the hands of my professional brethren a book to which they can refer when issuing instructions to their masseurs. A medical man who fails to issue adequate instructions may often be responsible for the failure for which his masseur is blamed. Another fertile source of disappointment is found in the lack of experience inseparable from a course of training limited to six months.

When a medical man orders massage he should not try to hand over his responsibility to the masseur.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331945933
• ISBN 13: 9781331945932
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 380
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