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Modalities for Massage and Bodywork

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Great overview of most popular massage styles

By Makana Risser Chai - January 25, 2009

This book is an excellent overview of 21 massage modalities: Active Isolated Stretching, Ayurvedic Therapies, Cancer Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Geriatric Massage, Infant and Pediatric Massage, Lomi Lomi, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy and Deep Tissue Massage, Orthopedic Massage, Polarity Therapy, Prenatal Massage, Reflexology, Shiatsu, Sports and Fitness Massage, Structural Integration, Thai Massage, Tragerwork, Trigger Point Release, and Tui Na.

The chapters are written by such world-renowned therapists as John Upledger, Judith Walker Delany, Sandy Fritz and Dane Silva. It is organized as a textbook with student objectives, learning points and a quiz in each chapter, but is useful for any massage practitioner or any person who loves massage and wants to know more. Each chapter includes philosophy, history and practical techniques, as well as photographs, tables, footnotes and references to the best books and web sites... read more

Great Intro to Massage Modalities

By Keith Short "Shorty" - August 7, 2009

This is a great book introducing 21 modalities in massage and bodywork.
The editor Elaine Stillerman does a wonderful job in compiling this book. Each chapter is written in a consistent style by experts in their field. Each chapter has an intro, history, definition, techniques, indications & contraindications, certification/training, case history, resources and questions at the end. The "boxes" provide useful information. In some chapters, the authors provide their personal 'In My Experience'.

Despite some snags, overall this is a great introductory book for the most commonly used modalities in massage. Beginners or even experienced bodyworkers can get a good intro to the modality they are interested in in, and they can consult the resources if want to pursue further.

Hard to read -- Often irrelevent.

By Jamie Call - February 19, 2009

I bought this book for one of my classes. My teacher said that she had reviewed and it was supposed to be super spectacular. The good: it covers a large range of modalities, it has lots of nice pictures and each section is written by an "expert" in the field. The bad: it's like somebody gave the authors a thesaurus and told them to use as many $10 words as possible. The result? A book that is disjointed, incredibly hard to read through and understand, often irrelevant, and typically rambles on for pages about the history of a particular modality without actually giving the reader anything helpful to work off of. There are much better books out there.

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