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The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual with Trigger Points, Referral Patterns and Stretching Paperback – 25 March 2015

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With more than 1,000 vibrant, full-color illustrations and over 4 hours of detailed video demonstrations, THE MUSCLE AND BONE PALPATION MANUAL is the most visually engaging way to help you master and successfully apply palpation techniques in massage therapy. This innovative text uses unique, richly detailed photographic illustrations of muscles as they appear under the skin to give you a thorough understanding of effective palpation. This comprehensive guide provides unparalleled preparation for professional success.
    • Step-by-step muscle palpation coverage with clear reasoning provided for each step presents content in a way that is easily understood and remembered rather than just memorized.
    • Amazing four-color artwork shows palpation of the muscle with muscle and bone illustrations drawn over full-color photos offering you a better sense of exactly how the muscles look and where the muscle is located underneath the skin as it is being palpated.
    • UNIQUE! Stretching coverage provides more information on this effective treatment technique and helps you understand the role of stretching in treatment.
    • Trigger Points and Referral Patterns illustrations show where trigger points lie on the muscle and where pain radiates when an injury is felt so you can effectively identify trigger points and referral patterns in a clinical setting.
    • UNIQUE! Palpation photos help students and practitioners learn to identify muscles when the body is positioned the way they will encounter it in the massage setting.
    • Specific massage-related assessment and treatment strokes are shown through illustrations and in the Palpation Notes, moving you from theory and assessment to practical application.
    • Bone Palpation coverage teaches you to identify and palpate bones and bony landmarks.
    • Chapter overviews and outlines introduce each chapter so you can preview the content and direction of the chapter at the major concept level.
    • Measurable chapter objectives at the start of each chapter identify key goals as well as information that should be mastered.
      • NEW! Interactive Muscle Program available on Evolve allows you to see muscle attachments and the relationship among the muscles of the region, easing the process and aiding in retention of material.
      • NEW! Drawings of therapist-assisted stretches added to the third section of the text supplies you with a comprehensive look at stretching, with both the existing self-stretches and the assisted stretches presented side-by-side.
      • NEW! Case studies keep your interest level high with the opportunity for integrative, clinical reasoning.
      • NEW! Reformatted Bone Palpation and Ligaments section offers content in a narrative format consistent with the rest of the text for easier navigation.
      • NEW! "Deeper Thoughts" questions actively engage and challenge your reasoning skills.
      • NEW! Review questions allow you to discuss concepts and synthesize important chapter information.
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      1. Print length
        544 pages
      2. Language
        English
      3. Publisher
        Mosby
      4. Publication date
        25 March 2015
      5. Dimensions
        22.86 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm
      6. ISBN-10
        0323221963
      7. ISBN-13
        978-0323221962
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      "Overall, this is a marvelous book, with a wealth of information on a topic that often does not get sufficient coverage. The book has some of the best and most pedagogical illustrations I have seen in a long time, and the accompanying website is a great source of resources. I highly recommend it." -Dana J Lawrence, DC, MMedEd, MA, Palmer College of Chiropractic Doody Score: 84/100

      "The Muscle and Bone Palpation Manual with Trigger Points, Referral Patterns and Stretching offers the comprehensive and visually engaging way to truly master manual therapy palpation techniques. It contains thorough and clear palpation methods accompanied by the highest quality illustrations, and it includes a wealth of valuable study aids." – SirReadaLot.org (June 2015, Issue #194)

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      The engaging way to truly master massage palpation techniques

      Product details

      • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mosby; 2 edition (25 March 2015)
      • Language ‏ : ‎ English
      • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
      • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323221963
      • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323221962
      • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.86 x 1.27 x 27.94 cm
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      Maak
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous ressource for budding massage therapists
      Reviewed in Canada on 3 April 2022
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      Wonderful descriptions of muscle and bone palpation techniques, some with multiple options to help you depending on your client’s morphology. Great for massage therapists who want to go beyond and/or who want to truly get to the roots of your client’s pathologies.
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      John Henderson
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      Reviewed in the United States on 27 February 2022
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      I really like this book. It’s a great visual and explains things well.
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      Ali Tavakoli
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      Arrived so fast, even faster than local distributors! Fantastic book for physiotherapy students
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      Summer
      5.0 out of 5 stars In my opinion the best reference book for muscle palpation
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2015
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      In my opinion the best reference book for muscle palpation, anatomy recap and trigger point revision. Invaluable reference book for physios. As a physiotherapist I have read many, many books on muscle palpation, TPs and anatomy in hope of remembering things, and this is by far the easiest and the most useful guide that makes remembering anatomy easy and improve palpation skills. And covers entire body. Extremely useful for clinical practice
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