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9780323026529

Mosby's Pathology for Massage Therapists

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  • ISBN13:

    9780323026529

  • ISBN10:

    0323026524

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-04-23
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Health Science

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Summary

More than just a compendium of diseases, this comprehensive guide is an essential resource on pathology and pathophysiology that helps students adapt their technique to ease pain and discomfort, promote healing, and avoid treatment when contraindicated. Ideal as a learning tool or as a handy quick reference, this highly illustrated resource provides discussions of more than 300 pathologies and conditions organized by the body system. Taking the reader through health assessment and client consultation, this outstanding textbook also covers sanitation procedures and hygiene, as well as general contraindications and endangerment sites.

Author Biography

Susan G. Salvo, BEd, LMT, NTS, CI, NCTMB Co-owner, Co-director, and Instructor Louisiana Institute of Massage Therapy Lake Charles, Louisiana Sandra K. Anderson, BA, LMT, NCTMB Department Head of Anatomy and Physiology Desert Institute of the Healing Arts Tucson, Arizona

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Disease Awareness and Infection Control, 1(22)
Chapter 2 Client Intake and Health Assessment, 23(34)
Chapter 3 Dermatological Pathologies, 57(40)
Chapter 4 Musculoskeletal Pathologies, 97(42)
Chapter 5 Nervous Pathologies, 139(32)
Chapter 6 Endocrine Pathologies, 171(18)
Chapter 7 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic/Immune Pathologies, 189(42)
Chapter 8 Respiratory Pathologies, 231(20)
Chapter 9 Gastrointestinal Pathologies, 251(24)
Chapter 10 Urinary Pathologies, 275(12)
Chapter 11 Reproductive Conditions, Reproductive Pathologies, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 287(24)
Chapter 12 Cancer and Neoplasia, 311(30)
APPENDIXES
Appendix A Quick Reference Table,
341(16)
Appendix B Physiological Effects of Massage,
357(10)
Appendix C Endangerment Sites,
367(2)
Appendix D Contraindications for Hydrotherapy Use,
369(2)
Appendix E Abbreviations and Symbols Used for Charting,
371

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