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

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. Part I. Massage techniques. Introduction ; Hand massage ; Foot massage ; Head massage ; Back massage -- Part II. An A-Z of medical conditions. Ankylosing spondylitis ; Anxiety disorders ; Asthma ; Cancer ; Cerebral palsy ; Cervical and thoracic spondylosis ; Chronic fatigue syndrome / Myalgic encephalopathy ; Constipation ; Cramp ; Down syndrome ; Dupuytren's contracture ; Eating disorders ; Emotional issues and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ; Fibromyalgia ; Foot drop ; Frozen shoulder ; Gynecological issues ; Irritable Bowel Syndrome ; Lumbar spondylosis ; Menopause ; Multiple Sclerosis ; Muscular Dystrophy ; Parkinson's disease ; Peripheral neuropathy ; Plantar fasciitis ; Pregnancy ; Raynaud's syndrome ; Repetitive strain injuries ; Restless legs syndrome ; Rotator cuff injury ; Scar tissue ; Sciatica ; Scoliosis ; Shin splint syndrome ; Sinusitis ; Temporomandibular joint disorders ; Tendonitis and Tenosynovitis ; Tennis elbow ; Tension headaches ; Trigeminal neuralgia ; Whiplash ; Winged scapula ; Wrist-drop