A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Lower Back

A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Lower Back and Pelvic Pain describes in detail the background to the evolution of non-specific backache as well as the assessment and treatment methods ideal for use in combination with massage therapy, deriving from physical therapy, osteopathic, and chiropractic sources.
The book describes these methods individually and then integrates them into a detailed description of a massage session focusing on the person with backache.
This unique book takes care to consider the needs of the massage therapist, who previously may have had to adapt his/her own methodology from descriptions aimed at other health care professionals.

An accompanying website demonstrating the palpation and treatment methods supplements the text.
Key Features:
Abundant illustrations enrich the text and bring content to life to make it easily understandable.
Bulleted point text and summaries allow the reader to quickly find information and review important content.
Easy-reference format and accessible language help break down concepts.
Accompanying website [previously a DVD] demonstrates real-life examples of the palpation and treatment methods.
With a foreword by Tom Myers.

Author Information:
By Leon Chaitow, ND, DO, Registered Osteopath and Naturopath, Honorary Fellow, School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, UK, and Sandy Fritz, MS, NCTMB, Owner, Director and Head Instructor, Health Enrichment Center, School of Therapeutic Massage, The Centre, Lapeer, MI.

Leon Chaitow ist ein international anerkannter Osteopath, Autor und Dozent. Er unterrichtet an der Universität von Westminster in London.
Leon Chaitow
is an internationally known and respected osteopathic and naturopathic practitioner and teacher of soft tissue manipulation methods of treatment. He is author of over 60 books and editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, that offers a multidisciplinary perspective on physical methods of patient care. Leon Chaitow was for many years senior lecturer on the Therapeutic Bodywork degree courses which he helped to design at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, where is he now an Honorary Fellow. He continues to teach and practice part-time in London, when not in Corfu, Greece where he focuses on his writing.