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Clinical Massage in the Healthcare Setting - Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card)
by Fritz, Sandy, Chaitow, Leon, Hymel, Glenn
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Product Details
ISBN-139780323092951
ISBN-100323092950
PublisherMosby
Published12-2007
Edition1st
LanguageEnglish
FormatOther/Unknown
Pages848
About This Book
- Includes a DVD with:
- Two hours of video showing specific applications, featuring author Sandy Fritz.
- A complete general protocol for massage.
- State-of-the-art animations depicting biologic functions and medical procedures.
- 700 full-color illustrations accompany procedures, concepts, and techniques.
- An integrated healthcare approach covers the healthcare environment and the skills necessary to be a contributing member of an integrated healthcare team.
- A research-based focus emphasizes research, clinical reasoning, and outcome-based massage application - for effective massage application in conjunction with healthcare intervention.
- A complete general protocol provides a guide to treating disorders and maintaining wellness, with recommendations for positioning and interventions, using a step-by-step sequence that can easily be modified to meet a patient's specific needs.
- A palliative protocol helps you temporarily relieve a patient's symptoms of disorders or diseases.
- Case studies focus on outcome-based massage for individuals with multiple health issues, detailing assessment, medical intervention, justification for massage, and session documentation.
- Coverage of advanced massage therapy skills and decision-making skills includes specific themes for effective massage application, allowing you to consolidate massage treatment based on the main outcomes - useful when working with individuals with multiple pathologies or treatment needs.
- A discussion of aromatherapy provides safe recommendations for the use of essential oils in conjunction with massage, to promote healing of the body and mind.
- Descriptions of illness and injury include relevant anatomy/physiology/pathophysiology, as well as strategies and massage applications to use for pain management, immune support, stress management, chronic illness, and post-surgical needs.
- Coverage of insurance and reimbursement issues relates to you as a massage professional.
- Strategies for general conditions such as substance abuse, mental health, orthopedic injury, and cardiovascular disorders help you specialize in clinical massage.
- Expert authors provide knowledge in research, massage therapy in healthcare, and manual therapies.
- Learning resources include chapter outlines, chapter learning objectives, key terms, and workbook-style exercises.
- A companion Evolve website includes:
- PubMed links to research supporting best practices and justification for massage application.
- More information on topics such as insurance, pharmacology, and nutrition.
- More information on anatomy and physiology and other subjects.
- A comprehensive glossary with key terms and some audio pronunciations.