Integrated sports massage therapy : a comprehensive handbook /

Integrated Sports Massage Therapy is a highly illustrated evidence-based handbook which presents a wide range of effective sports massage techniques to cover any sports-related situation. Anders Jelveus explains and applies effective techniques from a variety of disciplines of manual therapy, rangin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jelvéus, Anders
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Oddsson, Kristjan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	[Oxford] : Elsevier, ©2011.
Subjects:	Sports massage > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Sports. Massage > methods Athletic Injuries > therapy Athletic Performance > physiology Exercise > physiology Sports Massage sportif > Guides, manuels, etc. sports. Sports massage Electronic books. Handbook handbooks. manuals (instructional materials) Handbooks and manuals Handbooks and manuals. Guides et manuels.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

An introduction to sports massage
Work postures, hand placements, and basic massage strokes
Sports massage applications
Examples of event-based sports massage treatments
Sports massage applications for different sports
Soft tissue stretching in sports massage
Applied stretches to common muscle groups
Positional release techniques applied in sports massage
Acupressure and tui-na in sports massage
Myofascial release techniques and connective tissue massage
Myofascial pain syndrome
myofascial trigger points
Sports injuries / Kristjan Oddsson
Taping for sports injuries / Kristjan Oddsson
Soft tissue treatment techniques for maintenance and remedial sports massage
Self-massage and myofascial release techniques for the athlete.