{"product_id":"sports-exercise-massage-sandy-fritz-9780323083829","title":"Sports \u0026 Exercise Massage: Comprehensive Care for Athletics, Fitness, \u0026 Rehabilitation","description":"\u003cp\u003eProviding guidelines for applying massage to amateur and professional athletes, \u003cb\u003e Sports \u0026amp; Exercise Massage: Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, \u0026amp; Rehabilitation, 2nd Edition\u003c\/b\u003e helps you address the challenges of treating clients involved in sports, physical fitness, rehabilitation, and exercise. In-depth coverage describes common patterns for sports activities, such as running and throwing, and uses the principles of massage to focus on assessment techniques, indications, contraindications, and outcome goals. This edition includes a new chapter on stretching, hundreds of full-color photos of techniques, and an Evolve companion website with step-by-step videos demonstrating sports massage applications. Written by noted educator and massage therapy expert Sandy Fritz, this resource provides the proven massage techniques you need to manage common exercise and sports injuries and syndromes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive coverage\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e includes all the essentials of sports and exercise massage in one resource, with topics such as theories of sports, fitness, and rehabilitation; a brief anatomy and physiology review; basic nutrition for fitness; a review of massage methods and detailed descriptions of therapeutic techniques that apply to sports massage, such as lymph drainage, care of acute injury, connective and deep tissue applications, and pain management; and discussions of categories of injury common to athletes: sprains, strains, wounds, contusions, joint injury, and more.  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMore than 600 full-color illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e show procedures, concepts, and techniques.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStudent-friendly features\u003c\/b\u003e include chapter outlines and learning objectives, key terms, summaries, review questions, a glossary, and \u003ci\u003eIn My Experience\u003c\/i\u003e boxes highlighting real-life situations in sports and exercise massage.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCase studies\u003c\/b\u003e provide an opportunity to develop clinical reasoning skills.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStudent resources on an Evolve companion website\u003c\/b\u003e include videos demonstrating techniques, a stretching atlas, a general massage protocol, and additional case studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExpert author Sandy Fritz\u003c\/b\u003e provides massage for professional athletes in many sports, and her school, the Health Enrichment Center, had a 13-year partnership with the Detroit Lions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003cli\u003eUPDATED photos and illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e show techniques with more clarity than before.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW \u003ci\u003eStretching\u003c\/i\u003e chapter\u003c\/b\u003e shows how to use methods of stretching in a safe and beneficial manner.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUPDATED complete general protocol\u003c\/b\u003e suitable for the common athlete is included on the Evolve companion website, featuring a video and a step-by-step guide that can easily be modified to meet the specific needs of athletic clients.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdded emphasis on treatment planning\u003c\/b\u003e for athletic clients includes case studies and more \u003ci\u003eIn My Experience\u003c\/i\u003e boxes describing Sandy Fritz's real-life experiences with sports massage.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eExpanded chapter on research \u003c\/b\u003esupports evidence-informed practice, including research on fascia and kinesiotaping.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAdditional orthopedic tests\u003c\/b\u003e most commonly used by massage therapists are included to enhance your skills in assessment and referral.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandy Fritz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 032308382X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780323083829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mosby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Sandy Fritz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898485858559,"sku":"9780323083829","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_908d4f0f-c7f1-48b0-94dc-f9ed8b66ec71.jpg?v=1721376418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sports-exercise-massage-sandy-fritz-9780323083829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}