Complete Guides
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A practical guide to a burgeoning specialist area for fitness professionals and physiotherapists. A comprehensive guide to clinical massage techniques, tackled in Chris Norris's clear and accessible style. Packed with photographs and clear descriptions. The e-book version also contains video clips showing the massage techniques in action.
From the tools of the trade to how to use techniques most effectively on patients this is a must have guide for all trainee and practising masseuses, physiotherapists, sports therapists and fitness professionals.
From the tools of the trade to how to use techniques most effectively on patients this is a must have guide for all trainee and practising masseuses, physiotherapists, sports therapists and fitness professionals.
Practical handbook for sports participants and recreational exercisers who are keen to achieve a level of flexibility that will enhance performance. Provides an overview of the scientific principles that underpin flexibility training, with over 70 exercises and sections on measuring flexibility, devising sport specific programs.
The Complete Guide to Abdominal Training replaces Abdominal Training 2nd edition. Fully updated, in full colour, this new book is packed with exercises and colour photographs to help coaches, fitness trainers and athletes improve their abdominal training programme. This book will be the abdominal training bible for all those in the fitness industry. Written by an experienced physiotherapist,and best-selling author, it also covers the background physiology and theory. Includes sections on improving posture, and the science and clinical conditions of abdominal training.
A new title in the Complete Guide series - Exercise Therapy will perfectly complement the Complete Guide to Sports Injuries and the Complete Guide to Clinical Massage.
Dr Christopher M. Norris clearly explains the theory and the book is packed with practical therapies and demonstrations of good practice.
Exercise therapy concentrates on prescribing exercise as a form of rehabilitation when recovering from an injury. Exercise therapy is mainly concerned with injuries people have suffered, perhaps during sporting endeavour.
Dr Christopher M. Norris clearly explains the theory and the book is packed with practical therapies and demonstrations of good practice.
Exercise therapy concentrates on prescribing exercise as a form of rehabilitation when recovering from an injury. Exercise therapy is mainly concerned with injuries people have suffered, perhaps during sporting endeavour.