Required and recommended textbooks and other curriculum materials for Semester 1 of the Somatics Professional Training Program.
For over 23 years, The Anatomy Coloring Book has been the leading human anatomy coloring book, offering concisely written text and precise, extraordinary hand-drawn figures. Organized according to body systems, each of the 170 plates featured in this book includes an ingenious color-key system anatomical terminology is linked to detail illustration of the structures of the body.
Often imitated, never duplicated.
This richly illustrated text teaches the basic techniques of clinical massage therapy by embedding illustrations of internal structures directly into photographs of live models.Each muscle or muscle group is shown, along with surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist's hands. Useful as a textbook of clinical massage and anatomy, this text can also be used as a practical patient communication tool. Basic clinical techniques such as compression, stripping massage, myofascial stretching and cross-fiber friction are included.
A convenient and easy way to study the essential information about skeletal muscles, peripheral nerves, and muscle group actions. Cards are a study aid to accompany the latest version of the famous anatomy/kinesiology reference Sieg & Adams classic, Illustrated Essentials of Musculoskeletal Anatomy or any other anatomy text.
This book helps you to determine if massage therapy is safe for your client by providing an extensive database of up-to-date information on a wide variety of diseases and conditions and discusses how massage may or may not fit into the healing process. It covers the basic physiology of body systems in health and how these are interrupted when disease occurs. Ideal reference for both students and practicing therapists, bodyworkers, and somatic educators.
Clear, concise information on musculoskeletal anatomy for both review reference and for the beginning student. Separate illustrations and descriptions of individual skeletal muscles, bones and nerves. An essential tool for students and professionals. This book is a standard textbook for Clinical Somatic Education training classes.
The CDs required to be completed before the end of your 3-semester training process. Note, this does not include the following two CD sets: