A Massage Therapist's Guide to Treating Headaches and Neck Pain E-Book: A Massage Therapist's Guide to Treating Headaches and Neck Pain E-Book

by Sandy Fritz MS, BCTMB, CMBE, Leon Chaitow ND, DO (UK)

Overview

The massage therapist's guide to treating headaches and neck pain is a practical guide for the massage therapist to assist them in identifying appropriate massage treatment for those experiencing headaches and neck pain. The book describes the most common headache types and causes for neck pain that can be effectively addressed with therapeutic massage and associated methods easily incorporated into massage. Assessment procedures are provided both to identify appropriate treatment and to alert the massage therapist to more serious conditions that could be responsible for the symptoms and require a referral for further diagnosis and treatment. Protocols for treatment using massage and other soft tissue methods are provided. The text is written in a practical way that is user friendly. Incorporates a DVD demonstrating the palpation and treatment methods.

Abundant illustrations and photos• Easy reference, easy language• DVD demonstrating methods and technique, such as: massage of face and head, massage of neck; and treatment of breathing pattern disorders and headaches• Written by two world-renowned authors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780702050978
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/20/2009
Series:	A Massage Therapist's Guide To
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Sandy Fritz, MS, LMT is the Owner, Director, and Head Educator of the Health Enrichment Center, Inc., School of Therapeutic Massage. Sandy is a nationally certified massage therapist. She earned her master’s degree from Thomas Edison State College in 2000 and her Bachelor of Science in Health Science from Central Michigan University in 1998. She is affiliated with the American Massage Therapy Association, American Massage. Professionals Association, and Advisory Board for International Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. She has also been in private practice for almost 30 years, has developed a student massage clinic with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, and also provides professional sports massage and rehabilitation.
Leon Chaitow ND DO is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books, including a series on Advanced Soft Tissue Manipulation (Muscle Energy Techniques, Positional Release Techniques, Modern Neuromuscular Techniques) and also Palpation Skills; Cranial

Manipulation: Theory and Practice; Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioner’s Guide to Treatment, and many more. He is editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Acknowledgements ix

1 Headache types and neck pain and dysfunction 1

2 How headaches and neck pain occur, and when is pain a sign of a serious condition? 11

3 Medical treatment for headaches and neck pain and implications for massage application 19

4 Pain 27

5 Justifying massage as treatment 37

6 Assessment strategies and selected interventions 47

7 Modalities working with massage 71

8 Therapeutic massage treatment for headache and neck pain 91

9 Adjunctive treatment for headache and neck pain: what else should you know, and what else might help? 121

Glossary 145

Index 149