Healing Massage: An A-Z Guide for More than Forty Medical Conditions: For Professional and Home Use

Healing Massage: An A-Z Guide for More than Forty Medical Conditions: For Professional and Home Use

by Maureen Abson
Healing Massage: An A-Z Guide for More than Forty Medical Conditions: For Professional and Home Use

Healing Massage: An A-Z Guide for More than Forty Medical Conditions: For Professional and Home Use

by Maureen Abson

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Overview

This practical, detailed, and accessible guide to using massage to treat a range of medical conditions will educate and empower both massage practitioners and non-professionals who want to safely and effectively make a difference in the well-being of a friend or family member. Chapters are conveniently organized alphabetically, so that the reader can easily find helpful treatments for more than 40 medical conditions such as asthma, cancer, frozen shoulder, and plantar fasciitis. Bringing together Eastern and Western understandings of the body, health, and wellness, this user-friendly sourcebook defines and details each of the conditions, any contraindications to massage, and massage protocols and instructions, including how often treatment should be administered. Healing Massage can make treatment and pain relief both available and affordable to those who might not have access to expensive professional treatment. It can also provide substantial and detailed information to practitioners not familiar with a specific condition. Written by a leading massage practitioner and international teacher, this book will be a will be an essential reference in the office or at home.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781623170592
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 08/09/2016
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 8.30(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Maureen Abson has more than twenty-five years teaching experience. In the course of her practice, she developed her own style combining fascial release, gentle focused pressure, and deep tissue massage with a structured focus on treating hands, feet, and head to be able to release tension in the rest of the body. Abson runs Fusion Massage Training© and a very busy clinic in the North of England, and has travelled extensively to teach in the U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, South Africa, and Israel. She has also run retreat workshops in the U.S. and Indonesia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 6

Part I Massage Techniques 7

Chapter 1 Introduction 8

Chapter 2 Hand Massage 14

Chapter 3 Foot Massage 21

Chapter 4 Head Massage 27

Chapter 5 Back Massage 31

Part II An A-Z of Medical Conditions 41

Ankylosing Spondylitis 42

Anxiety Disorders 49

Asthma 56

Cancer 62

Cerebral Palsy 75

Cervical and Thoracic Spondylosis 80

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalopathy 86

Constipation 89

Cramp 92

Down Syndrome 97

Dupuytren's Contracture 101

Eating Disorders 104

Emotional Issues and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 108

Fibromyalgia 116

Foot Drop 120

Frozen Shoulder 124

Gynecological Issue 130

Irritable Bowel Syndrome 135

Lumbar Spondylosis 137

Menopause 144

Multiple Sclerosis 149

Muscular Dystrophy 154

Parkinson's Discase 159

Peripheral Neuropathy 163

Plantar Fasciitis 166

Pregnancy 171

Raynaud's Syndrome 177

Repetitive Strain Injuries 180

Restless Legs Syndrome 184

Rotator Cuff Injury 191

Scar Tissue 195

Sciatica 198

Scoliosis 203

Shin Splint Syndrome 210

Sinusitis 218

Temporomandihular Joint Disorders 222

Tendonitis and Tenosynovitis 227

Tennis Elbow 231

Tension Headaches 234

Trigeminal Neuralgia 238

Whiplash 242

Winged Scapula 249

Wrist-Drop 253

Index 257

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