Table of Contents
Chapter 00: Welcome to Massage Mastery
Chapter 01: Massage from Past to Present
Chapter 02: Massage Equipment and Environmental Considerations
Chapter 03: Sanitation, Hygiene, and Safety
Chapter 03B: Preventing Disease Transmission in a Massage Practice
Chapter 04: The Therapeutic Nature of Massage
Chapter 05: Massage Cautions and Contraindications
Chapter 06: Ethics and the Law
Chapter 07: The Therapeutic Relationship
Chapter 08: Professional Communication
Chapter 09: Your Massage Career
Chapter 10: Foundation Skills for Therapeutic Massage
Chapter 11: Body Mechanics and Self-Care
Chapter 12: Assessment, Treatment Planning, and Documentation for a Wellness Massage
Chapter 13: Swedish Massage Techniques
Chapter 14: Seated Massage
Chapter 15: Spa Therapies and Other Approaches
Chapter 16: Hydrotherapy
Chapter 17: Eastern Approaches
Chapter 18: Energetic Approaches
Chapter 19: Assessment, Treatment Planning, and Documentation for Health Care Massage
Chapter 20: Myofascial and Deep Tissue Approaches
Chapter 21: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Approaches
Chapter 22: Musculoskeletal Injury and Massage
Chapter 23: Massage for Chronic Pain Conditions and Selected Pathologies
Chapter 24: Massage for Special Populations
Reference Appendix A: Health Care Terminology
Reference Appendix B: References
Reference Appendix C: Glossary
