Chris Jarmey Libri

This revised edition of The Concise Book of Muscles is a comprehensive guide to the major muscle groups and comes with a tear-out wall chart.

"Revised and updated: a user-friendly illustrated guide to human anatomy, written for students and practitioners"-- Provided by publisher

The Theory and Practice of Taiji Qigong presents an easy-to-learn system of 18 energy-enhancing exercises that coordinate movement with mindful breathing and inner awareness to improve health and flexibility and cultivate balance and mindfulness.

A comprehensive guide to the six major muscle groups. It provides a profile for each muscle, showing its origin, insertion, action, and nerve supply, the movements that use it, and exercises and stretches that strengthen it. It shows students how to locate and identify specific muscles.

This exceptionally well-illustrated guide to the location and properties of acupoints has been fully revised and updated, and now includes all the major points.

This book introduces Shiatsu, a healing bodywork rooted in ancient Oriental medicine. It covers its history, development, and practical aspects, including basic techniques, stretches, and sequences applicable in daily life.

This concise, pocket-sized guide is a full-color, on-the-go reference for students and practitioners of anatomy, massage, physical therapy, chiropractics, medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy.

Painful aching areas that do not respond to local treatment often have remote 'trigger points', that refer pain to them. They are most often found in muscles, but also in fascia, periosteium, tendons, ligaments, and skin and are caused by physical and psychological stress, trauma and lack of rest.

"Shiatsu is an Eastern therapeutic technique which uses pressure to enhance the flow of life energy - or Ki - within the body. This introductory guide is ideal for the beginner or student of this increasingly popular therapy, and for anyone with a serious interest in bodywork. It explains the concept of Ki, the power which unifies and animates the channels as they are used in shiatsu, the basic treatment techniques, and how shiatsu can help specific ailments."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved