Managing Physical Stress with Therapeutic Massage

By Jeffrey W. Forman, M.Ed., Ph.D

This book addresses how health professionals can utilize massage therapy to identify and manage client's physical stress.

It provides specific technique, assessment and trouble shooting tools to identify, track and reduce physical stress.

It lists step-by-step procedures covering everything from developing an anti-stress plan, with breathing techniques for stress reduction, to performing self massage.

It is an indispensable resource for massage and allied health professionals in a variety of practice settings.

It features a section on therapeutic exercises for both clients and massage therapists.

It contains photographs to illustrate specific massage techniques.

Also has forms which can be used in clinical practice to evaluate and track client's progress.

And also cover on improving posture to reduce stress, and help client sleep.

A very good book also available at the library 615.822

Happy reading.

Contra-indications to body massage

If a person has any of the following, he cannot be massaged:
Cancer
Fever
Skin Disease
Undiagnosed lump
Severe Vericose Veins
Broken Bones
Heart conditions
Very high blood pressure
Migraine
Sunburn etc.

Reasons for having body massage and different type of massage services

For relaxation due to stress as in Aroma Massage.

Stimulate the deep tissues and increase circulation in the surrounding areas as in Deep Tissue Massage.

Relieve congestion within the tissues and increase the drainage of lymph to the lymph nodes as in Lymph Massage.

Easing aches and tensions to the muscular-skeletal system or specific muscles or muscles group as in Sport Massage.

To realign the body by manipulating muscles and other connective tissues in order to enable the body to move more freely and recover its balance as in Rolfing Massage.

Tone poor muscles – need to exercise and also electrical treatment for muscle tone and stimulating massage routine consisting petrissage movement.

Other benefits of massage

• Improve blood circulation
• Improve digestive system
• Relax the nervous system
• Revitalise your qi (energy)

Consider massage

After a hard day’s work you are stressed and tired or after training in the gym you are aching all over. Consider massage to help you relieve your stressed and tensed muscles. Massage will relax and sooth you and help you to reinstate your energies to balance body, mind, and spirit. It will also help in Lymphatic drainage of waste, toxins, excess fluid and boosting the body’s immunity system.

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