A Pathway to Health

How Visceral Manipulation Can Help You

Written by Alison Harvey, Foreword by Jean-Pierre Barral

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Based on the premise that movement is essential for life and any restriction will affect our health, visceral manipulation starts with the core, the viscera (organs), and extends throughout the entire body to address pain, structural imbalances, tensions, and restrictions. The practitioner uses specifically placed manual pressure that promotes normal movement...

Manual Therapy for the Prostate

Written by Jean-Pierre Barral

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Manual Therapy for the Prostate presents a comprehensive guide to the prostate that includes manual treatment procedures designed to resolve common prostate issues. Based on author Jean-Pierre Barral’s clinical practice and his innovative theory of visceral manipulation, the book provides a structured framework rooted in anatomy and physiology. By precisely applying...

NeuroKinetic Therapy

An Innovative Approach to Manual Muscle Testing

Written by David Weinstock

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NeuroKinetic Therapy is based on the premise that when an injury has occurred, certain muscles shut down or become inhibited, forcing other muscles to become overworked. This compensation pattern can create pain or tightness. By applying light pressure that the client then resists, the practitioner can evaluate the strength or weakness...

Ortho-Bionomy

A Path to Self-Care

Written by Luann Overmyer

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Ortho-Bionomy is based on the premise that the body inherently knows how to heal and self-correct, given the opportunity. This user-friendly self-help guide by one of the pioneers of the approach presents positions, postures, and movements designed to release tension and ease pain. Not only are the techniques simple to perform...

Reiki: The True Story

An Exploration of Usui Reiki

Written by Don Beckett

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Reiki: The True Story is a comprehensive investigation of Reiki as both a healing practice and a lifelong path of spiritual awakening. Author and Reiki expert Don Beckett weaves together a new story about Reiki’s origins and its founder’s true vision. The foundation of this book is the teachings of a...

The Wild Region of Lived Experience

Using Somatic-Psychoeducation

Written by Danis Bois

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The Wild Region of Lived Experience introduces the emerging discipline of somatic-psychoeducation, a powerful body-mind modality developed over a period of 25 years by author Danis Bois. Somatic-psychoeducation uses aspects of manual therapy (touch), movement, and psychotherapeutic methods to help people heal from physical and emotional issues, as well as develop...

Harmonic Healing

A Guide to Facilitated Oscillatory Release and Other Rhythmic Myofascial Techniques

Written by Zachary Comeaux

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Connective tissue release, or myofascial release, is a major component of manual therapies, including osteopathic medicine. Most methods involve placing the patient in a passive, relaxed position for diagnosis and treatment. However, many practitioners have intuitively sensed that rhythmic motion should be a component of therapy, and increasingly include it in...

The Concise Book of Neuromuscular Therapy

Written by John Sharkey

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Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) is an innovative healing approach that combines the best soft tissue manipulation techniques of osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, trigger point therapy, and other fields. NMT uses massage techniques and flexibility stretching to balance the musculoskeletal and nervous systems, and eliminate the causes of neuromuscular pain. The therapy consists of...

Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage

Written by Darien Pritchard

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The most significant cause of early retirement from the massage profession is the cumulative strain on the body developed in the course of performing the work. The explosive growth of this occupation in recent years has been accompanied by an increase in the number of work-induced problems. Practitioners can easily strain...

Deep Tissue Massage, Revised

A Visual Guide to Techniques

Written by Art Riggs, Foreword by Thomas W. Myers

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Featuring more than 250 photographs and 50 anatomical drawings, Deep Tissue Massage is the standard guide to the essentials of touch, biomechanics, and positioning options for a multitude of strategies to treat all major conditions encountered in a bodywork practice.

The book is divided into three sections. “Fundamentals” covers basic skills of...

The Foundations of Shiatsu

Written by Chris Jarmey

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Shiatsu works by stimulating the body's vital energy flow in order to promote good health. The practitioner uses palms, thumbs and fingers, elbows, and even knees and feet to apply pressure and stretching to the energy lines or “meridians.” This text written by a renowned practitioner, has been designed as a...

Healing with the Chakra Energy System

Acupressure, Bodywork, and Reflexology for Total Health

Written by John R. Cross, Foreword by Robert Charman

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Written in accessible language for bodyworkers and hands-on therapists, Healing with the Chakra Energy System describes the use of very simple nonsuppressive and nonsymptomatic techniques in which the cause of the disease process may be halted and disharmony within the body may be changed into harmony. Each chapter contains case histories...

Seated Acupressure Bodywork

A Practical Handbook for Therapists

Written by Andrew Parfitt

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On-site massage has exploded in popularity since the 1980s, with therapists performing massages in shopping centers, airports, and workplaces. This comprehensive manual details a 20-minute sequence, developed from traditional Anma and Shiatsu techniques, that enables the practitioner to move around the client’s body in a flowing and highly effective way. With...

4 Hands Are Better Than 2

A Guide for Original Tandem Massage

Written by Terri Tremper and Tammi Tremper

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Elite spas and resorts offer tandem massage as the ultimate indulgence, yet little has been written to educate therapists about this exciting modality. This practical guide, written by two sisters who have pioneered the technique, fills that gap. Part one presents 14 steps to creating successful two-person massage routines, ranging from...

Reflexology and Associated Aspects of Health: A Practitioner's Guide

Written by Adrian Seager

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Written in simple language and based on years of private practice experience, Reflexology and Associated Aspects of Health is aimed at reflexologists, complementary therapists, and interested laypersons. Designed as both a practical guide and a reference, the book stresses the importance of health maintenance over disease management. Beginning with a discussion...

Integrative Manual Therapy for the Connective Tissue System

Using Myofascial Release: The 3-Planar Fascial Fulcrum Approach

Written by Sharon Giammatteo and Jay Kain, Edited by Thomas Giammatteo

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This book describes clinically proven hands-on techniques to decrease the pain and tensions of the myofascial tissues that cover every bodily organ. Included are protocols for lower back pain, respiratory discomfort, spinal dysfunction, headaches and migraines, joint problems, plantar fascitis, and more. Illustrated throughout, this is the fourth volume in the...

Release Your Pain

Resolving Repetitive Strain Injuries with Active Release Techniques

Written by Brian Abelson and Kamali Abelson, Foreword by Michael Leahy

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Release Your Pain presents ART (Active Release Techniques) as a new approach to addressing such common repetitive strain injuries as carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, knee and shoulder injuries, and back pain. Based on case studies, the book shows how ART locates and breaks down scar tissue and adhesions that cause...

Bodywise

An Introduction to Hellerwork for Regaining Flexibility and Well-Being

Written by Joseph Heller and William Henkin

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Bodywise is based on Joseph Heller's own brand of deep-tissue bodywork, which makes the connection between life issues and natural bodily alignment, and shows how to restore the body's natural balance. The book teaches readers how to regain control and become a full-time owner of their bodies. Part One explains the...

Unwinding the Belly

Healing with Gentle Touch

Written by Allison Post and Stephen Cavaliere

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Addressing a wide range of conditions, including digestive problems, anxiety, and depression, this handy guide helps readers reclaim basic health by using proven techniques to reconnect with their bodies. The authors show how to tap into the body/spirit's intuitive center and perform simple, quick exercises to heal. Twenty-seven line drawings and...

Integrative Manual Therapy for Biomechanics

Application of Muscle Energy and "Beyond" Technique

Written by Sharon Giammatteo, Edited by Thomas Giammatteo

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Integrative Manual Therapy uses soft tissue work and joint mobilization. People suffering from pain and disability have significantly regained health through this innovative therapy. This comprehensive manual addresses all phases of assessment and intervention for biomechanical dysfunction. It features inventories of signs and symptoms; procedures; 300 photos and 100 illustrations; and...

Rosen Method Bodywork

Accessing the Unconscious through Touch

Written by Marion Rosen and Sue Brenner

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In this long-awaited description of the body-centered therapy developed by Marion Rosen, the reader begins to understand how emotional and physical ailments can be addressed through the gentle touch of the Rosen practitioner. Rosen explains how the practitioner identifies tensions in the body that point to the source of a problem...

Mechanical Link

Fundamental Principles, Theory, and Practice Following an Osteopathic Approach

Written by Paul Chauffour and Eric Prat, Translated by Monique Bureau

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Developed in the late ’70s by French osteopath Paul Chauffour, Mechanical Link is a gentle manual therapy that encourages the balance of tensions in the fascial system—that complex web of tissue that interconnects and affects all other body systems. It spreads throughout the body uninterrupted, providing physical stability while also allowing...

Body Wisdom

Light Touch for Optimal Health

Written by Sharon Giammatteo

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Sharon Giammatteo teaches readers a self-healing method that can return life to areas deadened by shock or trauma. The technique is based on the Neurofascial Process, a calculated laying on of hands and subsequent release of emotional and physical pain. The author widens her scope to include any pain, strain, or...

Applied Kinesiology

A Training Manual and Reference Book of Basic Principals and Practices

Written by Robert Frost

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Applied kinesiology uses diagnostic muscle tests in conjunction with standard examination procedures to determine the causes of health problems. Written for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, Applied Kinesiology includes 32 muscle tests and a step-by-step guide for applying specific correction techniques.

Rehabilitation Protocols for Surgical and Nonsurgical Procedures

Lumbar Spine

Written by Carol McFarland and Don Burkhart, Preface by Aubrey Swartz

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This manual, written for healthcare professionals, explores the pros and cons of a wide range of currently practiced rehabilitation methods, and includes tests, illustrated exercises, and worksheets for evaluating patients.