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Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists: A Functional Approach to Self-Care and Injury Prevention

Barbara Frye

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Total reviews: 18 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Body Mechanics for Manual Therapists assists manual therapists of all kinds, especially massage therapists, to avoid repetitive-use injuries and develop sound and effective body mechanics. An easy-to-read text that emphasizes body awareness and provides function-specific body mechanics skills that can be integrated into all types of manual therapy. Allows manual therapists to become pro-active in fostering self-care and preventing occupational injury and burnout.

Key Features:
*Clearly stated and detailed information about the use of the body in all styles of manual therapy activities, including standing, sitting, bending, lifting, pushing and pulling and applying pressure:
*48 partner and self-discovery lessons that lead step-by-step through the proper movement of sound body mechanics for all manual therapy techniques;
*480 illustrations that show detailed, clear examples of each concept and of the elements of each lesson;
*Each chapter is dedicated to fostering self-care and teaching new and innovative ways to prevent pain in all parts of the body, including the neck, hands, wrists and knees…and more!

Natural & Herb Remedies for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-245)

Norma Pasekoff Weinberg

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Repetitive Strain Injury Guidebook: Introductory But Comprehensive OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health) Training for the Managers and Employees in a Worker ... and Computer Injuries Among Office Workers

Daniel Farb; Bruce Gordon

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Repetitive Strain Injury informs on industrial stress injuries as well as the increasingly common computer injuries. Ms. Work A. Holic wants to know why she has so much pain at work, so she hires some experts to teach her about Repetitive Strain Injury, its causes, and what to do about it. This title covers worker safety, ergonomics, computer injuries, exercises, and how to get medical help. It is also written for health-conscious members of the public. Readers will enjoy the approachable, compact, conversational tone of the title. This is part of the highly acclaimed UniversityOfHealthCare series on Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA). Those readers who wish to have an accompanying program with video and interactivity should also purchase the CD version.

ErgAerobics: Why does working @ my computer hurt so much?

Perry Bonomo, Daniel Seidler

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ErgAerobics:Why does working @ my computer hurt so much? is a comprehensive guide to help computer users prevent and treat Computer Induced Repetitive Stress Injuries (CIRSIs) such as carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain, neck pain, headaches, TMJ, etc. Computer use has dramatically increased in the last ten years with no sign of decline in sight. With increased use, the likelihood of a computer user experiencing one or more CIRSIs is greater. Everyone knows someone who has had carpal tunnel syndrome or severe back pain. The US Department of Labor estimates that one-half of the workforce will experience a repetitive stress injury at some point in their career. You may or may not feel the effects yet, but chances are that after years, or even just months of computer use, you will become a victim, too.

This book can help you avoid a potentially chronic situation. CIRSIs are explained, causes are examined, and treatment and prevention options are discussed. A comprehensive checklist of proper workstation arrangement is included. Proper posture and human interaction with a computer is explained. In addition, an extensive index of ErgErcises--exercises to be done at your computer to prevent CIRSIs--provides detailed descriptions of these effective, inconspicuous and time-effective exercises. This comprehensive system will greatly aid the computer user prevent CIRSIs.

Many books on this subject are very scientific in nature, often written by engineers. ErgAerobics:Why does working @ my computer hurt so much? was written for the average computer user, not technicians. The information is presented in a very easy to follow format. Thanks to the presence of Ergle, Ergella, and Cirsi Boy, the presentation is light and entertaining. These animated characters guide the reader through the potential dangers of working at a computer and give helpful tips on how to avoid them.

The authors are both physical therapists who are very experienced at treating patients with CIRSIs. Their methods are proven to work. Most importantly they have learned that the most effective method of treating CIRSIs is to prevent them. ErgAerobics:Why does working @ my computer hurt so much? provides the reader with the ammunition to fight the war against CIRSIs.

Fit as a Fiddle: The Musician's Guide to Playing Healthy

William J. Dawson

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Editorial Review:

Co-published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education Fit as a Fiddle provides current and important health-related information for all instrumentalists, presented in an understandable and readable fashion. Dr. Dawson includes a section on basic body structure and function, avoiding medical jargon, and setting the stage for following chapters.

Soft Tissue Pain and Disability

Rene Cailliet

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University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Selection on impairment and disability resulting from soft tissue injury. Includes assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of injuries. Previous edition 1988. Updates etiologies mechanisms, and management.

The Natural Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Ray Wunderlich Jr.

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How do you spell relief? 4 out of 5 stars.
15 of 17 people found this review helpful.

I found this book very informative. While everyone I know has either had carpel tunnel syndrome or knows someone who had it most people are not really informed concerning the alternative treatments and possible causes of the condition.

In my reading I found that there are treatments that bring a degree of relief and do not require immediate surgery. By learning to take care of myself I have experienced a good degree of relief from the constant pain I was causing myself because I didn't know how to avoid it.

I would not recommend only reading the book and not seeking medical attention, but by knowing the questions to ask one can make more intelligent decisions concerning treatment options.

The research seems creditable and the author seems to have had considerable experience with the syndrome.

Editorial Review:

Vitamins and other nonsurgical therapies.

Playing (less) Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide For Musicians

Janet Horvath

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How can musicians express themselves and recreate the great masterworks with ease and expressivity and yet avoid injury in the process? Musicians face many challenges: a highly competitive environment, performance anxiety, demanding repertoire, years of solitary practice, and awkward postures. The hectic pace of rehearsals and performances when added to the mix often results in the very real risk of physical pain and injury.

Playing (less) Hurt is a readable and comprehensive guide and reference for all concerned with pain in musical work: professional and amateur musicians, teachers and students, doctors and therapists. This book is essential for all musicians. String, keyboard, percussion, harp, brass and wind players will play better and feel better.

Repetitive Strain Injuries

Timothy J Jameson

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No good 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Since I got RSI myself, I've read a number of books on the subject, and of all I've read, this book was at the bottom of the barrel. I'm not saying it is completely without merits, but most of the good advice are available in all other books I've read. I do, however, fail to see advice about meditation and guided imagery as relevant to RSI.

Alternatives in RSI treatment 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book provides information on RSI that includes alternative treatments, in contrast to (or to complement, I should say) Pascarelli/Quilter's standard-med emphasis. The difficulty in treating RSI has prompted a great deal of interest in alternative therapies.

I think the real strength of what Dr. Tim has written is his emphasis on an interdisciplinary treatment approach. In contrast to consulting a single practitioner who may have limited perspective and treatment preferences, Dr. Tim advocates for a team effort that *includes* standard medical professionals but brings in other practices such as chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and others. Also, I think the book gives a decent basic rundown on the physiology of RSI, and includes good rehab information. While I consider some of the therapies presented here to be very questionable, at a minimum you will learn what each method claims to achieve for you from a writer who is not trying to sell one of them over! the other but hopes to draw something from each.

Editorial Review:

Carpal tunnel syndrome - computer wrist - is only the best known of 15 different types of repetitive strain injury, resulting from the constant performance of the same motion. Hundreds of thousands of workers suffer from the complaint. Computer programmers, factory workers and musicians are some of those who suffer work-related injuries to the neck, shoulders, forearm, wrist, hand, finger and thumbs. Dr. Jameson, a chiropractor specializing in RSI, offers first aid strategies, tells how to determine when professional help is needed, and provides alternative approaches to halt or reverse RSI.

Body Mechanics and Self-Care Manual

Marian Wolfe Dixon

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Oregon School of Massage. Stresses the importance of becoming an active player in accomplishing health and wellness. Helps the individual to prepare and renew for the work of massage therapy. Enhances the ability to sense in the moment when a body position of technique is not comfortable or effective, and provides alternative for unhealthy patterns. For therapists. Softcover.