Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists- Book

Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists Edition gives manual therapists the proven injury prevention and ergonomics strategies and tips they need to protect their health and safeguard their careers.

Detailed Summary

The physically demanding work manual therapists do puts them at risk for musculoskeletal injury. But injury is not inevitable. Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition gives manual therapists the proven injury prevention and ergonomics strategies and tips they need to protect their health and safeguard their careers.

In an accessible, richly-illustrated format, Save Your Hands! shows you how to:
• Design your treatment space so you can work safely and efficiently
• Find alternative techniques to protect vulnerable parts of your body
• Use good body mechanics to work with less physical stress and greater comfort
• Stay in shape with a physical conditioning program developed specifically for manual
therapists
• Recognize early symptoms and address them effectively before they lead to injury.

Whether you are a student or an experienced practitioner in any of the hands-on health professions, this indispensable guide offers the practical advice you need to save not only your hands, but also your back, neck, shoulders and emotional well-being throughout a long, healthy career.

Excerpt/Quote From Book

"Save Your Hands! is an excellent work that should be required reading for every manual
therapist, in or out of training. Furthermore, I think many other professionals including
physicians, nurses, chiropractors, DOs and others ought to be familiar with its contents. I wholeheartedly endorse the book—it is a unique and valuable resource.”
– Emil Pascarelli, MD, author, Dr. Pascarelli’s Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury,
Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University

“We’ve used Save Your Hands! in our program for many years. This expanded edition contains
a wealth of accessible and well-illustrated career-extending, even career-saving, knowledge
and advice regarding injury prevention strategies, ergonomics, conditioning, and other
topics of critical importance for students and practitioners of massage therapy.” – Lucy
Liben, MS, LMT, Dean for Massage Therapy, Swedish Institute of Health Sciences, NYC

“Save Your Hands! provides excellent practical suggestions for improving safety of the
provision of manual therapy services. The authors have been thoughtful and comprehensive
in their approach and provide valuable information to the practitioner. . .”
– Jeff Lau, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT, Program Director, PTA program, Provo College, Utah

Professional Reviews

Butler Comm. College - PTA Program

“I recommend to each of my PTA and massage therapy students to invest in this book and add it to their tool box.” – Ashlee Esplen, PTA, MS, CMT, Associate Professor, ACCE PTA Program, Massage Therapy Program Coordinator, Butler County Community College

Institute of Holistic Therapies

“Save Your Hands! has been a required textbook in our core curriculum for nearly a decade. It is a “must read” for all massage students and practicing therapists to ensure injury-free longevity in their field.” – Mary McDaniel, LMT, Academic Director, Cumberland Institute of Holistic Therapies

The Spa at Sea Island

“Employers in the spa industry have been in need of a guide to help them retain and care for highly skilled therapists as well as to reduce worker’s compensation claims. My hope is that this text will be part of every massage school and training program and in the offi ce of every employer of massage therapists.” – Seraphina L. Ashe, LMT, Spa Treatment Manager, The Spa at Sea Island, Georgia

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