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Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage by Darien PritchardA recent survey in Australia showed that more than 40% of massage therapists suffer serious wrist and thumb problems. The most significant cause of early retirement from the massage profession is the cumulative strain on the body developed in the course of performing the work. The explosive growth of this occupation in recent years has been accompanied by an increase in the number of work-induced problems. Practitioners can easily strain their hands, particularly their thumbs, fingers, and wrists, as well as their shoulders and backs. Written by noted teacher and trainer Darien Pritchard, this useful book explains those aspects of massage that can lead to these problems and shows how to apply pressure in ways that avoid them. The focus is on how to use the body safely and effectively. The author explores the benefits of involving the whole body to generate the power and movement that support the hands, saving the hands by using them skillfully, and conserving them by using other body areas such as the forearms and elbow whenever possible. Featuring 2,000 illustrations, Dynamic Bodyuse for Effective, Strain-Free Massage is essential reading for anyone involved in massage, whether a student, a professional massage practitioner or teacher, sports massage therapist, or aromatherapist. 480 pages Read an article by Darien on Dynamic Bodyuse http://www.massageworld.co.uk/taking_care_of_your_fingers_in_massage
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Darien Pritchard has been a bodyworker for twenty five years, including twenty as a massage trainer, influenced by the study of Yoga, Tai Chi, creative dance and the Feldenkrais Method® of movement awareness. Since the late 1980s, Darien has taught a programme of professional development workshops for massage practitioners in Australia and the UK, and more recently in Scandinavia. Darien established and ran the Massage Study Centre in South Australia (1981-89) and the Cardiff School of Massage, South Wales (1991 - 2002). He is a guest teacher on the practitioner training course at the Royal National College for the Blind at Hereford. From 2003 he will teach the Holistic Massage modules in a BSc course at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). Darien Pritchard, co-director of the Massage Training Institute and executive board member of the General Council for Massage Therapy in the UK. The co-author of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology for the Massage Therapist, he lives in Cardiff, UK. http://www.dynamicmassage.co.uk/
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