Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork

✍ Scribed by Ed Denning

• Publisher: Slack Incorporated
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 484
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork will impress students and professionals in massage therapy as being a unique, ready reference for a wide variety of information relevant to the profession. Why look through numerous texts when everything you will want to find can be found inside one handy, pocket size resource? Concise and user-friendly, find quick access to over 2,000 definitions and terms that will be encountered daily by massage therapy students and professionals. Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork also contains 22 appendices on important topics such as AMTA Standards of Practice, medical codes for massage therapy, and acronyms and abbreviations. Making the Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork the most complete and hands-on source to have by your side is the inclusion of 200 names of massage and bodywork modalities with a general explanation regarding the nature of massage and bodywork. Some Additional Appendices Include: Selected National and International Massage Associations IMA Standards of Practice Organization Acronyms Licensure by State Safety and Hygiene Perfect for massage therapy students, clinicians, faculty, and office staff, Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork will be the only reference needed for quick answers to all your questions!

✦ Table of Contents

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 1566426461......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
A......Page 16
B......Page 30
C......Page 37
D......Page 53
E......Page 62
F......Page 71
G......Page 76
H......Page 80
I......Page 87
J......Page 94
K......Page 96
L......Page 98
M......Page 105
N......Page 119
O......Page 125
P......Page 131
Q......Page 150
R......Page 152
S......Page 161
T......Page 183
U......Page 191
V......Page 193
W......Page 198
X......Page 200
Y......Page 201
Z......Page 202
Bibliography......Page 203
List of Appendices......Page 205
1: AMTA Code of Ethics......Page 206
2: ABMP Professional Code of Ethics......Page 211
3: IMA Group Code of Ethics......Page 215
4: The Benefits of Massage......Page 217
5: Safety and Hygiene......Page 219
6: Suggested Reading......Page 224
7: General Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 230
8: Organization Acronyms......Page 257
9: Selected National and International Massage Associations......Page 269
10: Medical Roots: Etymology......Page 272
11: Massage Techniques and Modalities Contact Information......Page 299
12: Range of Motion......Page 345
13: Bones of the Body......Page 347
14: Muscles of the Body......Page 348
15: Metric System......Page 378
16: Weight and MeasureConversions......Page 380
17: Peripheral Nerve Innervations: Upper Extremity......Page 384
18: Peripheral Nerve Innervations: Lower Extremity......Page 387
19: Diseases, Pathologies, and Syndromes Defined......Page 393
20: Licensure by State......Page 466
21: Canada Licensure by Province......Page 478
22: Medical Codes for Massage Therapy......Page 481