Save Your Hands!: Injury Prevention for Massage Therapists

by Robert A. Greene and Lauriann Greene

Book Overview

Comprehensive, authoritative, research-based information to help manual therapists prevent injury, enhance their practice, and prolong their careers. Includes practical information, advice and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967954908
• ISBN13: 9780967954905
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Gilded Age Press
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Must-Read for Bodyworkers!!!

I purchased this book after I graduated from a fabulous massage program, while awaiting my license. In the first 10 minutes of reading it, I realized I should have had this information BEFORE I started school! The information is concise, practical, and so very important for those of us who heal with our hands. Now that I'm practicing, I refer to it every couple of weeks, especially when I start feeling any pain in my hands or wrists. It gently reminds me to check my own body mechanics, and that there are other ways to help others ~ without hurting myself.

Great Book for massage therapists

This is a great book for any massage therapist. It will tell you how to protect your best tool your hands.

Recommended reading for LMT's

This book is an awesome guide to anyone studying the healing arts. It is a must-read book for how to extend your massage therapy career by saving one of the most valuable tools, your hands. It indeptly describes guides of prevention, exercises to strenghten hands, and tips every therapist needs to know. If massage therapy is your career, this is one book that should not be left out of your collection.

good book, well written, practical info

As a first trimester massage therapy student, I am already seeing several of my classmates with wrist & hand injuries that could easily become serious. This book should be a required textbook for students beginning massage school. The information is easy to understand, and the exercises are quite effective. Thank you, Ms. Greene.

Vital knowledge for the massage therapist/bodyworker

Massage therapy schools can be lacking when it comes to teaching developing therapists how to prevent injuries as they develop their skills and clientele. This book gives valuable information, exercises, and instructions to fill in this vitally important area . I strongly recommend it for anyone who wishes to have a long and pain-free career in the massage therapy field.