Provides a foundation in the fundamentals of massage and the therapeutic modalities and equipment, as well as practice management topics such as ethics, legal issues, and business practices. This book includes two companion DVDs with over three hours of video on techniques, body mechanics, case studies, and more.

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The mysteries of stress and its bodily effects revive old challenges and provide us with new ones. This title records The Bjorntorp Symposium, focused on the role of stress and the brain in the pathologic conditions of obesity and metabolic syndrome. It emphasises on the metabolic consequences of stress.

Challenging Obesity provides a balanced, objective account of this often emotive but increasingly important field, weaving together contributions from the broad range of disciplines, which together are helping us to understand, live with, and respond to the issues that obesity presents.

This work provides beginning students and practitioners with a thorough introduction to using play in therapy. It offers increased coverage of developmental issues and includes chapters on diversity and case examples.

Gives an account of individual healing sessions with children with complex special needs and moderate to severe learning difficulties. Drawing on the author's experience, this title shows how spiritual healing can help children with special needs to achieve peace and relaxation, including case examples of healing sessions.

The multi-disability nature of acquired brain injury and its complex effects make the return to employment particularly problematic. This book provides a clear overview of the cognitive difficulties associated with brain injury and discusses how people affected by it can prepare for and remain in employment.

Bringing together the empirical work of researchers from a variety of disciplines, this volume provides insight into the physical, psychological and social needs of the growing number of elderly people caring for adults with developmental disabilities. Issues explored include: the needs of elderly parents caring for adult offspring with learning difficulties; changes in care-giving activities; ...

Includes facts on nosocomial infections, West Nile virus, and agents of bioterrorism; the management of AIDS/HIV; and JNC VII guidelines for management of hypertension.

Drawing on real-life case examples, the authors expand the practice of traditional couple and family systems theory to fit the reality of today's clients.

Offers an introduction to the combined use of psychological and biological therapies in managing common psychiatric disorders. This title presents treatment strategies for those conditions for which research and clinical experience have demonstrated the benefits of combination therapy including panic disorder, sleep disorders, and schizophrenia.

Fibromyalgia is a frustrating fact of life for millions, yet its bewildering symptoms are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, or simply dismissed. This work helps you learn: what fibromyalgia is and what causes it, how to create a treatment plan, set realistic goals and track your progress, and how to reduce your reliance on medical drugs.

This book enables the reader to gain an insight into the underlying philosophy of the techniques and gives a practical guide to the work with people suffering from conditions including Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, acquired head injury, adult cerebral palsy and strokes.

Massage is a wonderful pleasure you can share with your baby. It offers you the opportunity to communicate love, comfort and support to your baby, allowing you to interpret subtle, non-verbal language and help to develop your baby's ability to listen. This book shows how massage helps baby, and uses easy massage strokes for head-to-toe massages.

Offers evidence-based information for those involved in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This book outlines the physiologic principles that constitute the basis for understanding the clinical implications for treatment and describes developments and research, along with approaches to therapy.

Inner Power presents Deatsman's proven programme for self-healing. It includes methods for developing self-awareness, reducing tension, clearing energy blockages, and replenishing one's life force, which helps to protect against viruses, harmful bacteria, and allergens. These powerful techniques - involving meditation, visualisation, self-hypnosis, and journeying - can help readers uncover the ...

Provides a connection and balance between theoretical principles, practical application, and therapeutic encounter involved in sandplay. This book contains sections that cover: original supervision models; contemporary supervision models; special challenges in supervision; international sandplay supervision; and, supervision of special groups.

Focussing on radiation oncology, this title also includes information on combined modality (chemotherapy/radiation), technology, evidence-based guidelines, special patient populations, and in-depth management interventions and patient teaching. It covers topics on supportive nursing care and clinical practice.