• New! Why Study This? feature has been incorporated to aid students in understanding the importance of learning each topic and how it will play a role in their future careers.
• New! Expanded coverage on research literacy addresses the importance of locating, comprehending, and evaluating valid information and applying it to clinical practice.
• New! Business Practices chapter has been updated with the latest information on marketing, setting fees, online bookkeeping systems, and more.
• New! Reorganized procedure  layout makes photos and step-by-step instructions easier to follow.
• New! Updated photography  for draping procedures, pre-and post-service procedures, massage for the face, ear, neck, front of the leg, and abdomen, stone massage and lymph massage.
• Content has been revised using recommendations from the Entry-Level Evaluation Project (ELAP), a report endorsed by the AMTA, ABMP, COMTA, AFMTE, MTF, NCBTMB, and FSMTB.
• Full-color photography, charts, and tables emphasize critical concepts.
• Running glossary assists students in learning important terminology and provides easy access to definitions while completing assignments.
• Discussion and review questions at the end of each chapter test comprehension and identify areas that need to be reviewed.

1. Historical Overview of Massage
2. Requirements for the Practice of Therapeutic Massage
3. Professional Ethics for Massage Practitioners
4. Overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology and Medical Terminology
5. Human Anatomy and Physiology
   Effects, Benefits, Indications, and Contraindications of Massage
6. Equipment and Products
7. Infection Control and Safety Practices
8. Consultation and Documentation
9. Classification of Massage Movements
10. Preparations for the Practitioner
11. Procedures for Complete Body Massages
12. Cold, Heat, and Hydrotherapies
13. Massage in the Spa Setting by Steve Capellini
14. Clinical Massage Techniques
15. Lymph Massage
16. Therapeutic Procedures
17. Athletic/Sports Massage
18. Massage for Special Populations
19. Massage in Medicine
20. Other Therapeutic Techniques
21. Business Practices

Answers
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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