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Summary: Second Edition now available
Review: Be sure to check out the Second Edition of this title. It's fantastic! Search for: Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists, Second Edition.
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Summary: Second Edition now available
Review: Be sure to check out the Second Edition of this title. It's fantastic! Search for: Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists, Second Edition.
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Summary: Save your body and help your clients
Review: Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists by Barbara Frye is a must for all massage therapists, physical therapists and others doing manual bodywork. I would even recommend it for those doing less physical work, like Reiki and Polarity practitioners. The book is well written, practical and easy to use.In her book, Ms. Frye covers movements that all practitioners do repetitively. Through diagrams, exercises and awareness checks, she effectively guides you to discovering ways to do your work with less physical exertion. This means less tension in your body and more clients on your table. Ms. Frye's work can help you significantly increase the number of clients you see in a week by helping create ease of movement that increases stamina. I have used this book in 3 ways: (1) I have improved my body mechanics in my work and other areas of my life. (2) I have used it as a teaching tool in classes I teach for both beginners and for advanced massage training. (3) I have used many of the awareness techniques with my clients. My clients have benefitted greatly from this work. By sharing the awareness techniques and movement pieces with them, they are better able to retain the benefits of bodywork sessions. Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists is a reference book you will refer to throughout your career. It's practical immediately as well as in long term care of yourself and your clients. I love it.
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Summary: It's about time
Review: For years I've heard from so many therapists with occupational pain. Back, neck, arm, hand, and others. And now there is finally a book that can really help. Yes, there are other books which address hand pain, but this book covers the whole picture. Not only are the hands and arms addressed, but how to use the feet, knees and lower legs for massage is included as well. It's about time! The text goes into great detail on how to make functional movements, such as bending, lifting and applying pressure, effortlessly and skillfully. These are the important movements for therapists to learn to prevent muscular pain, injury - and burnout. It's about time! I highly recommend this book to all practicing therapists, and to every student of massage and bodywork.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: I am amazed at how this book takes a subject like body mechanics and makes it easy to learn, interesting, and even fun! The photos are a great addition to this edition and I love the new color and graphics. The additional appendices are a super addition, especially the application to Spa Therapy and Troubleshooting Common Repetitive Injuries. I have never seen a book of this kind on body mechanics for massage therapists. Every bodyworker should own a copy. And massage schools should require it as reading! Bravo
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Summary: A Spa Therapist's Best Buy
Review: I bought this book because of its application to spa therapy. Though the appendix for spa therapy in the back of the book is small, it gives clear and direct application to my work as a spa therapist. The contents of the entire book has made a world of difference in how I work, and I have recommended it to every therapist I know. If you work in a spa, buy this book!
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Summary: A new look at self-care
Review: I found this text to be a refreshing change to the sometimes dry subject of body mechanics. By emphasizing awareness, Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists takes an innovative look at the functional tasks required of a therapist. Active self-care including better positions for standing, sitting, bending, lifting, pushing and pulling, and applying pressure are covered. Self-care and injury prevention are also covered in the "Tools of the trade" chapter. This is the book that will help prevent burnout, a common reason many therapists give up their bodywork careers.
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Summary: The Best
Review: I was recently at a massage convention. This book was by far the best one there on the subject of body mechanics. Its functional approach, illustrations, layout, and overall format not only make it easy to use, but a pleasure as well. All others fail to brighten up an otherwise historically dry subject. It will relight your fire and renew your, perhaps neglected, promise of self-care!
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Summary: Save Your Body Now!
Review: If you are a therapist, of any kind, you must buy this book. I use mine almost everyday to help keep myself injury free - and so far, so good. I also use the "client education tips" regularly to education my clients. The book also has helpful "practice tips" which help me to remember good body mechanics when at the table. I love this book - so will you!
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Summary: Buy it!
Review: Simply put, if you are a health care professional, buy this book.
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