Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage: Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics and Pathology (Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Sandy Fritz, James Grosenbach
Publisher: Mosby
Category: Book
List Price: $54.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 50695
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 720
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0323048692
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.822
EAN: 9780323048699
ASIN: 0323048692
Publication Date: April 16, 2008
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Product Description
With more than 700 full-color illustrations, this engaging resource takes a visual approach to helping you understand the scientific principles behind therapeutic massage. Coverage includes a wide range of clinically relevant topics from basic overviews of anatomy and disease to in-depth explorations of each body system with an emphasis on applying scientific principles to practice. A companion DVD features over 75 anatomy and physiology animations and cadaver dissection footage that show biologic functions and medical procedures in realistic detail.
- UNIQUE! A comprehensive chapter on biomechanics includes valuable information on muscle testing and assessment.
- Combined workbook and textbook format encourages critical thinking with activities, short essays, fill-in-the-blank questions, drawing exercises, and more to help you reinforce concepts.
- Sections on pathologic conditions, with suggestions for intervention protocols, indications, and contraindications for therapeutic massage, prepare you to work with clients safely and effectively.
- Handy appendices with quick reference charts for muscles and pathology provide at-a-glance access to common muscle information and pathologies.
- Full-color muscle anatomy illustrations highlight help identify and locate muscles.
- A section on nutrition includes information on the digestive process, nutrition basics, and the functions of vitamins and minerals to help you understand how nutrition affects the body.
- "Clinical Reasoning" exercises in the workbook sections and "Practical Applications" boxes within chapters help you apply concepts from the book to real-life situations with realistic examples.
- Thoroughly reviewed and updated chapters ensure accurate content with up-to-date applications to massage.
- Updated full-color illustrations clearly demonstrate anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and pathology concepts.
- Updated Evolve resources include extensive learning activities for each chapter, as well as additional gait assessment and muscle firing pattern photos, web links, and a National Certification Exam review to provide more opportunities for learning.
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 THANKS September 18, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book came in a very timely manner and was in very good condition. I will use you again.
What a great learning experience! August 24, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The wonderful and numerous color pictures, the mass amount of info. I have been waiting for a textbook like this for years. My students have found the text very useful and important when studying for exams. This book has made my school maintain its high standard for its curriculum. My instructors have found it to be straightforward and unproblematic to teach from. I can't wait for more from Sandy Fritz! Wonderful I will recommend to all in the profession.
I learned a lot August 23, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am just finishing massage school and used this textbook. The way the information was explained and the learning activites helped so much. All the information about the sciences related to massage making the reading interesting. The chapters on muscles and biomechanices were especially interesting. Even if you have used a different anatomy and physiology text book I really suggest you get this one to understand how the information relates to massage
 don't buy this!! August 18, 2005
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Where do I begin? Poorly written, concepts partially explained then abandoned, useless index, inanely esoteric exercises. If you are writing a science book why not present the facts in a logical fashion. I read the intro & preface & I know what they were trying to achieve but they failed. Classmates with & without science backgrounds were equally appalled by the uselessnes of this text! Every classmate gave it a thumbs down. Can't believe my school was duped into using this book.
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