About the Author\nMark Beck had been a Milady author since the first publication of The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage in 1988. Mark began his professional career as a massage therapist in 1974. He started teaching massage in 1978 and became a massage school owner and director in 1980. As school director for over 15 years, he developed curriculum, taught classes and continued a part time clinical practice. He served on the boards of a state and a national massage organization in different capacities including sec. of education, sec. of certification and president. In 1996 he earned a bachelor's degree in Vocational Education with an emphasis on massage therapy from the University of Idaho. A skiing accident in 1990 resulted in a C-6 spinal cord injury that landed Mark in a wheelchair with quadriplegia. That ended his active practice as a massage therapist but did not quell his dedication to the profession or his desire to provide the best possible information to thousands of students entering the profession by continually updating and refining The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage. Mark continued to be an advocate for excellence in massage education and accessibility for the disabled until he sadly passed away in November 2016.

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Delmar's Massage Fundamentals Video Series is a valuable learning and reference tool that covers the basics of beginning massage training. Designed to enhance instruction or to serve as a reference, the videos address fundamental techniques taught in most massage programs. This video series takes the user from the preliminaries of massage to a demonstration of a complete basic massage. Massage Therapists can refer to the tapes again and again to master the techniques they need to know to stay skilled in their career in therapeutic massage.

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Drawing on the expertise of leading massage educators, this book demonstrates in detail the massage movements and procedures that professional therapists use. With precise, illustrations and photographs, all of the common techniques used in Swedish massage, Shiatsu, and Reflexology are clearly shown and explained. From simple, relaxing movements to pressure point therapy, the steps needed to give an effective, complete body massage can be mastered quickly.

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The Student CD-ROM is an invaluable resource to supplement a students' current cosmetology curriculum. Helpful video clips, demonstrating proper practice and procedures help the student review proper techniques, and behaviors that they have learned in the classroom. The CD-ROM also contains a randomized testbank unique to the tool to help the student review for their licensure examination. A games section is included to create an entertaining form of education with word and image scrambles, hang man, and other games. To reinforce terminology and pronunciation, an audio glossary is also included with terms from the textbook.

Theory & Practice of Therapeutic Massage Student

This printed exam review is created to offer students a fast and convenient way to prepare for licensing exams. Tens of thousands of students have successfully used our exam reviews to pass their exams with flying colors. Each exam review contains chapter-by-chapter questions in a multiple-choice format to help students prepare for their exams. The answer key at the back of the book allows students to check accuracy and identify weak areas.

Teoria y Practica del Masaje Terapeutico: Repaso para el examen, quinta edición

The Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage (5th edition) is the classic text in the massage industry including the essential knowledge and skills needed to become a successful, professional massage therapist, plus the essentials of anatomy and physiology. Essential topics to the industry such as ethics, hygiene, communication skills, and body mechanics are discussed. Full-color illustrations and photographs clearly illustrate techniques and procedures. Classical massage is expanded with clinical techniques including neuromuscular and myofascial techniques, and lymph massage, combined to better serve the client by following therapeutic procedures. Numerous career tracts are explored including massage in a spa environment and athletic massage. A new chapter discusses massage for special populations including pre-natal, infant, elder, critically ill, people with cancer, and hospice. The final chapter has been revised to cover business practices for finding employment or successful self-employment.

Spanish Translated Theory & Practice of Therapeutic Massage

Contains all of the tools available in the Individual Student CD-ROM, as well as administrative functions for the classroom. Instructors can track the progress of their students as the make their way through the various units, quizzes and games to strengthen the concepts and terminology taught in the classroom. This version of the Student CD-ROM can be downloaded to multiple computers or loaded onto your schools network server. This resource has been updated to reflect changes to Theory &amp; Practice of Therapeutic Massage, 5th edition.

Student CD for Theory & Practice of Therapeutic Massage (School Version)

Contains detailed interactive exercises such as fill-in-the-blank and matching, designed to reinforce learning and increase student comprehension. This workbook has been updated to reflect changes to Theory &amp; Practice of Therapeutic Massage, 5th edition (Spanish).

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The Visual Guide to Swedish Massage clearly illustrates the practical methods for performing foundational massage therapy techniques. Readers will find this to be a helpful reference to review the proper movements to ensure the client experience is second to none.

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Comprehensive, engaging, and easy to read, this exciting new edition continues to set itself apart as the original and classic introductory massage text. Now in gorgeous full color, filled with hundreds of photos of procedures and techniques Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage, Fourth Edition, truly is the book to have. This highly respected, best-seller covers everything from the history of massage to massage modalities to practical information on how to have a successful, fulfilling career in massage. It provides readers with a solid understanding of the body and its functions, including a thorough but uncomplicated chapter on anatomy and physiology. Readers will learn massage techniques and therapeutic skills, including sports massage, prenatal massage, medical massage, hydrotherapy, lymph massage, massage in a spa setting and much more. Thoughtfully revised, this is the foundational book for the study of massage therapy.

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