Therapeutic Chair Massage offers detailed instructions on the appropriate massage strokes, stretching techniques, and therapeutic routines to use in seated massage for both relaxation and specific therapeutic applications.

Features:

• Provides foundational information on equipment, hygiene, sanitation, safety, contraindications, communication and documentation, body mechanics, and establishing a seated massage business
• Includes hands-on Experiential Exercises; Case Studies with critical thinking questions
• Features more than 250 full-colour illustrations and photographs

Contents

1. Introduction to Chair Massage
2. Equipment Considerations: Set-Up and Adjustment
3. Hygiene, Sanitation, and Safety Considerations
4. Contraindications
5. Communication, Assessment, and Treatment Plans
6. Bodymechanics
7. Strokes
8. Stretching Techniques
9. Relaxation Routine
10. Therapeutic Routine: Back and Neck
11. Therapeutic Routine: Shoulder
12. Therapeutic Routine: Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
13. Business Promotion

Index

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