{"product_id":"north-coast-book-medical-conditions-and-massage-therapy","title":"North Coast Book: Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book features a quick and effective method for assessing and managing common medical conditions. The central tool of this text is the decision tree, a simple flowchart that helps students quickly determine the optimal massage therapy approach for specific medical conditions. A Decision Tree is included for each of the more than 50 conditions discussed in the book, with massage considerations listed for numerous additional conditions in brief. Also unique to this text are questions therapists can ask clients during the interview process to help the therapist understand not just the medical condition, but how it presents in a particular client.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e62 Decision Trees, with conditions discussed in full\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e140 Conditions in Brief (these appear in a large table at the end of Part II chapters)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePressure Scale, described in Chapter 2, helps readers determine appropriate pressure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterview Questions: Questions for the MT to ask the client about their condition. These are provided both for conditions discussed in full (with Decision Trees) and in brief, along with the massage therapy guidelines for each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMassage therapy guidelines, not just for each condition, but for various client presentations of each condition: the same disease\/medication affects people differently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMassage implications of medical\/surgical treatment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMassage Research in Massage Practice chapter lays the foundation for using the massage research cited throughout the book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrinciples: over-arching principles that inform and guide MTs as they plan a massage session with a client. These appear as small reminders throughout the text (they are fully explained in Chapter 3).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTherapist's Journal, stories from other professional MTs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSelf-Test questions at end of each chapter (answers are online).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoldface terms throughout the text are defined in the Glossary at end of book.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Tracy Walton.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftbound, 448 pages.  Publication date 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"North Coast","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40687976677446,"sku":"NC77400-032","price":195.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/5659\/7062\/files\/2014_10_02_17_55_51__10_nc77400_032_vnd_w_14.jpg?v=1693321261","url":"https:\/\/medute.com\/products\/north-coast-book-medical-conditions-and-massage-therapy","provider":"Medute","version":"1.0","type":"link"}