The best-selling pathology textbook for massage therapy is now in its Fourth Edition. The book presents detailed information on the etiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of over 200 diseases and conditions, emphasizing how massage influences the disease and healing processes and how therapists can maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks.

This robust, interactive atlas includes hundreds of Netter illustrations and images, as well as audio pronunciations for every label, image title and image subtitle

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 has been an indispensable learning and reference tool for massage therapists, bodyworkers, and Somatics practitioners for over 30 years.

Acclaimed for its clear, friendly style, excellent illustrations, leading author team, and compelling theme of exploration, Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain, Fourth Edition takes a fresh, contemporary approach to the study of neuroscience, emphasizing the biological basis of behavior. The authors’ passion for the dynamic field of neuroscience is evident on every page, engaging students and helping them master the material.

MTGP has been a cornerstone text in massage curricula since its first edition in 1998. Since then it has evolved to meet both the changing needs in massage therapy education, and changing information in the field of pathology and massage therapy research. The 6th edition puts increased focus on understanding pathology concepts and how they impact practical application in the session room. Using well-established educational building blocks, it takes learners from key-word vocabulary through to complex decision-making in its signature accessible, friendly style.

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.