Libri di Kalyani Premkumar

Now in its Third Edition, this handbook focuses on pathology needs for massage therapists, and is organized alphabetically according to diseases. It covers over 400 conditions encountered by massage therapists, and provides descriptions followed by Cause, Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors and Caution and Recommendations to Therapists. This title includes features such as: marginal notes providing more information on the topic presented; color illustrations showing some common skin conditions; a section on strategies for prevention of infection, and for safe practice; and, coverage of side effects of common drugs. A bound-in, fully searchable CD-ROM includes all condition information from the text, and audio pronunciations, illustrations, and a glossary.

This is the anatomy and physiology text written especially for students and practitioners of massage therapy. This edition integrates massage therapy concepts within the anatomy and physiology content, including sections that discuss how massage interacts with the body systems. The book covers all of the major body systems - integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems - that are crucial to effective massage therapy, and provides an overview of other body systems to give students a well-rounded understanding of anatomy and physiology.