Deep Tissue Sculpting

Deep Tissue Sculpting by Carole Osborne-Sheets

A Technical and Artistic Manual for Therapeutic Bodywork Practitioners

Highly Acclaimed Deep Tissue Myofascial Release Book !

AUTHOR'S WEBSITE
http://www.bodytherapyassociates.com

BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
Glossy, soft cover; 158 pages; over 50 illustrations, photographs, and charts; spiral bound to lie flat during table use.

CHAPTERS

1. Perspectives on Deep Tissue Sculpting

2. Basic Principles of Deep Tissue Sculpting

Principles of Conscious Bodywork

Basic Principles to Deep Tissue Sculpting

3. Structural Alignment and the Role of Injury and Illness in Back and Neck Pain

Balanced Structure

Evaluating Misaligned Structure

Outline of Causative Factors for Pain the Back & Neck

4. Body/Mind: The Role of Emotions in Chronic Tension and Pain

Historical & Research Perspectives

Storing Emotions in the Body

Bodyworker's Role

5. How to Sculpt

Skill Development

Understanding Your Client

Technique Types & Applications

6. Health Maintenance for the Practitioner's Hands and Body

Body Alignment & Weight Shift

Joint Protection

Developing Strength

7. Deep Tissue Sculpting Session for the Back

General Guidelines

Guiding Imagery

Sculpting Procedures

Strokes for Individual Imbalances

Supportive Exercise & Stretching

8. Deep Tissue Sculpting Session for the Low Back and Abdomen

9. Deep Tissue Sculpting Session for the Neck and Shoulders

10. Full Body Sculpting and Applications to Other Body Areas

11. Integrating Deep Tissue Sculpting into a Practice

12. Customizing Sculpting for Individual Client Needs

Appendices

REVIEW

"If this text by Carole Osborne-Sheets had been included in their [many students] curriculum, the mystery of deep work would have been resolved and the relationship of “tissue sculpting” to many other forms of bodywork would have been explained." Massage Magazine.
"This new edition of Deep Tissue Sculpting-a how-to manual for cultivating consciousness, self-care and client connection-is very much up-to-date in providing a richly textured and uncomplicated mind/body perspective. Osborne-Sheets continues to make an important contribution to the massage therapy profession. " Massage Therapy Journal.

ENDORSEMENTS

"Carole Osborne-Sheets' Deep Tissue Scuplting provides a rounded, well referenced, and easy-to-use introduction to the world of structural bodywork. Although hand-to-hand teaching is always the best way to learn any manual technique, Carole's careful presentations and clear graphics make this book a valuable addendum to classroom work. The beginner will find many new approaches to all parts of the myofascial body, and even the experienced practitioner can find moves he may have forgotten or missed in this valuable library of techniques. The Second Edition incorporates a decade's worth of corrections, clarifications. additions, and refinements. I recommend taking on the initial chapters of this book as a good general bedside read from an author who sets this clinically sound but artistic approach in a freshingly inclusive, broad context. Let Deep Tissue Sculpting then come to rest on a shelf near your practice table so that the technique chapters can inform your daily work."
Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains

"This book is clear, precise, well written and based on years of the wisdom only gained by intelligent experience. Carole Osborne-Sheets is one of the innovative leaders in the body therapy field. If you work with the body, you should read her book."

Ben Benjamin, Ph.D., Author of Listen to Your Pain, founder Muscular Therapy Institute, Cambridge, MA

"Carole Osborne-Sheets writes with a clear voice of experience: as an educator, a clinician, and as an author. Mrs. Osborne-Sheets crafts words into a refined tool to take the reader deeply into the body of her knowledge. She educates the reader to penetrate skillfully and deeply into the body and mind of their client. The text is clear, direct, and practical with excellent illustrations that enhance and enrich the text."

Rick Gold, author Thai Massage: a Traditional Medical Techniques

"Carole Osborne-Sheets is one of the premiere bodyworkers, and her presentation of deep tissue touch guides the student gracefully and well. But more than that, her personal compassion and sensitivity are always in the background, where intuition exceeds technique, and genuine substance underlies the outer form."

Ed Maupin, Ph.D., Rolfer, structural balancing instructor, IPSB, San Diego, CA

"Carole Osborne-Sheets' conversational style invites bodyworkers, massage therapists and all other health care providers into the compelling healing modality of Deep Tissue Sculpting. Once, there, the author makes complex concepts accessible, capturing both the apprenticeship and rich oral traditions in education of the bodywork profession. The book and the modality itself are grounded firmly in the history of body-mind approaches, in careful references to medical science, and in Osborne-Sheets' own generous philosophy of healing. This philosophy is made concrete by including solid self-care principles for the therapist, fluid techniques, and clear listening skills. But on an even deeper level, it honors the uniqueness and dignity of each client and therapist. This Second Edition of Deep Tissue Sculpting is a well-researched, wonderfully crafted contribution to the field. It is a valuable text for students and experienced practitioners alike."
Tracy Walton, Academic Dean, Muscular Therapy Institute, Cambridge, MA

"I have used Deep Tissue Scuplting as a student, therapist, and teacher. As a student I found the First Edition informative and user friendly. Carole's writing style has a warm feel while being clear and to-the-point, and it is reminiscent of her presence in the classroom. The book offers specific protocols for three common client complaints, while offering insight and encouragement for modifying sessions to serve the individual client, which is valuable to both the student and the therapist. As a teacher and school owner, I have found the book well organized, and even better so in the Second Edition. It has served us well as our primary text for deep tissue work for as long as I have been teaching. I highly recommend Deep Tissue Sculpting to anyone who practices, teaches, or is just interested in bodywork."
Ron Floyd, co-founder and instructor, Big Sky Somatic Institute, Helena, MT

"As always, the same thorough attention, care and sensitiveity that Carole bringsto her training workshops for therapists is evident in her writing. This second edition of Deep Tissue Sculpting is an important book for massage therapists who are looking for more effective yet gentle ways of working with fascia therapeutically in the context of the whole person."

Linda Hickey, Registered Massage Therapist, Calgary, Alberta, Canada