Clay James, Pounds David. Basic Clinical Massage Therapy Integrating Anatomy and Treatment

2nd Edition. — Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. — 443 p.This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapists hands. Students see clearly which muscle is being worked, where it is, where it is attached, how it can be accessed manually, what problems it can cause, and how treatment techniques are performed. This edition features improved illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle.
Aims to familiarise students with individual muscles and muscle systems. This title demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. It features illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle.