£42.50 GBP / $59.95 USD
Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy, Third Edition
A comprehensive guide to prenatal, labor and postpartum practice
This is the third edition of a highly successful textbook for Massage Therapists in training and working with women at all stages of childbearing, Nurses and Midwives, and all professionals using massage with this group.
Pre-and Perinatal Massage explores techniques of therapeutic massage and bodywork that enable massage therapists to support mothers and their babies throughout the childbearing year. The text details the physiological, functional and emotional developments of childbearing. It describes clinically refined techniques and explains how they may be used to meet women’s common needs. It is fully referenced and research-based. Stories from years of clinical experience make the text come alive and help to relate the theory to real life situations.
Chapter 1 BENEFITS: Helping Our Clients & Their Babies
Chapter 2 GUIDELINES: Massaging Safely & Effectively
Chapter 3 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Caring for Your Clients & Yourself
Chapter 4 PRENATAL TECHNIQUES: Nurturing Throughout Pregnancy
Chapter 5 LABOR TECHNIQUES: Supporting a Positive Birth Experience
Chapter 6 POSTPARTUM TECHNIQUES: Facilitating Restorative Healing
Chapter 7 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: Working with Special Needs Clients
Chapter 8 PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS: Growing a Satisfying Career
£42.50 GBP / $59.95 USD Free delivery in the UK and USA
Carole Osborne CMT, NCBTMB C is an integrative bodywork practitioner, author, course developer/instructor and mentor based in San Diego, California.
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Michele Kolakowski, LMT, CD & CPD(DONA), CLC has decades of diverse experience serving women and babies since 1992. She is an authorized instructor of Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy workshops and has taught maternity massage at massage schools, spas, destination resorts, hospitals, and conferences nationwide.
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David M Lobenstine, BA, LMT, BCTMB has been massaging, teaching, writing and editing for over fifteen years. He is a licensed massage therapist, and a graduate of Vassar College and the Swedish Institute of Health Sciences.
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Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy, Third Edition
A comprehensive guide to prenatal, labor and postpartum practice
£42.50 GBP / $59.95 USD Free delivery in the UK and USA
This is the third edition of a highly successful textbook for Massage Therapists in training and working with women at all stages of childbearing, Nurses and Midwives, and all professionals using massage with this group.
Pre-and Perinatal Massage explores techniques of therapeutic massage and bodywork that enable massage therapists to support mothers and their babies throughout the childbearing year. The text details the physiological, functional and emotional developments of childbearing. It describes clinically refined techniques and explains how they may be used to meet women’s common needs. It is fully referenced and research-based. Stories from years of clinical experience make the text come alive and help to relate the theory to real life situations.
Chapter 1 BENEFITS: Helping Our Clients & Their Babies
Chapter 2 GUIDELINES: Massaging Safely & Effectively
Chapter 3 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Caring for Your Clients & Yourself
Chapter 4 PRENATAL TECHNIQUES: Nurturing Throughout Pregnancy
Chapter 5 LABOR TECHNIQUES: Supporting a Positive Birth Experience
Chapter 6 POSTPARTUM TECHNIQUES: Facilitating Restorative Healing
Chapter 7 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: Working with Special Needs Clients
Chapter 8 PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS: Growing a Satisfying Career
£42.50 GBP / $59.95 USD
Carole Osborne CMT, NCBTMB C is an integrative bodywork practitioner, author, course developer/instructor and mentor based in San Diego, California.
Read More ›
Michele Kolakowski, LMT, CD & CPD(DONA), CLC has decades of diverse experience serving women and babies since 1992. She is an authorized instructor of Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy workshops and has taught maternity massage at massage schools, spas, destination resorts, hospitals, and conferences nationwide.
Read More ›
David M Lobenstine, BA, LMT, BCTMB has been massaging, teaching, writing and editing for over fifteen years. He is a licensed massage therapist, and a graduate of Vassar College and the Swedish Institute of Health Sciences.
Read More ›
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for course
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