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Complete Guide to Sports Massage [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, aukštis x plotis: 230x189 mm, weight: 581 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Sport
  • ISBN-10: 1472912322
  • ISBN-13: 9781472912329
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, aukštis x plotis: 230x189 mm, weight: 581 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 21-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Sport
  • ISBN-10: 1472912322
  • ISBN-13: 9781472912329
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:

The Complete Guide to Sports Massage, third edition, is a comprehensive, practical handbook. Now with additional photography and the latest techniques, this is a must-have guide for students of sports therapy and anyone wanting a performance advantage.

Sports massage is the skilled manipulation of soft tissue for the relief and treatment of muscle soreness and pain, the maintenance of muscle balance and improved flexibility, and enhanced rehabilitation from injury. Packed with jargon-free information, this fully updated guide includes step-by-step photography and detailed text explaining the principles and techniques of massage, injury management and post-massage care, as well as practical guidance on working at a sports event.



Highly illustrated and fully updated, the third edition of this popular guide to sports massage is packed with jargon-free information and practical tips explaining key techniques.

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Highly illustrated and fully updated, the 3rd edition of this popular guide to sports massage is packed with jargon-free information and practical tips explaining key principles and techniques.
Acknowledgements   5 (2)
Introduction   7 (2)
  PART ONE ABOUT SPORTS MASSAGE
  9 (12)
  Chapter 1 An introduction to sports massage
  10 (5)
  Chapter 2 The soft-tissue therapist
  15 (6)
  PART TWO THE SCIENCE OF SPORTS MASSAGE
  21 (56)
  Chapter 3 The principles of human anatomy and physiology
  22 (34)
  Chapter 4 Exercise and the human body
  56 (9)
  Chapter 5 The principles of massage
  65 (5)
  Chapter 6 How sports massage may enhance performance
  70 (7)
  PART THREE PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE
  77 (127)
  Chapter 7 Examining and assessing your client
  78 (17)
  Chapter 8 Developing touch and sense -- palpation
  95 (6)
  Chapter 9 How to massage -- the techniques
  101 (7)
  Chapter 10 How to massage -- practical application
  108 (54)
  Chapter 11 Warm-ups, cool-downs and stretching
  162 (23)
  Chapter 12 Injury management
  185 (10)
  Chapter 13 Working at a sports event
  195 (6)
  Chapter 14 Building a successful career
  201 (3)
Appendix 1   204 (2)
Appendix 2   206 (5)
Glossary   211 (6)
Recommended reading   217 (2)
Useful contacts   219 (1)
Index   220  
Tim Paine is currently registrar for Sports Therapy UK, a university senior lecturer, senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and consultant to the Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT). He has been practising and teaching sports therapy for over 20 years, working with a wide range of clients and elite athletes, as well as at major sporting events.