Healing Massage

This practical, detailed, and accessible guide to using massage to treat a range of medical conditions will educate and empower both massage practitioners and nonprofessionals who want to safely and effectively make a difference in the well-being of a friend or family member. The chapters are conveniently organized alphabetically so that the reader can easily find helpful treatments for more than 40 medical conditions, including asthma, cancer, frozen shoulder, and plantar fasciitis.

Bringing together Eastern and Western understandings of the body, health, and wellness, this user-friendly book details each condition, any contraindications to massage, and massage protocols and instructions, including how often treatment should be administered. Healing Massage can make treatment and pain relief both available and affordable to those who might not have access to expensive professional treatment. It can also provide substantial and detailed information to practitioners not familiar with a specific condition. Written by a leading massage practitioner and international teacher, this book will be a will be an essential reference in the office or at home.