Touch Therapy

Code: BK3146

  Field, Tiffany
  1999
  Hands-on, Kinesio, Reiki - E05
  Compl./Alternative Medicine (E1-E8)

Description

Focuses on recent research relating to touch and its application in healthcare,especially involving physical contact with patients. - By Tiffany Field. 14 illustrations (1999) 172pp

This book examines the research base of touch massage therapy, and describes the practical application of these results in practice.

Written by the Director of the world-renowned Touch Research Intitutes in the USA, each chapter gives a clear and authoritative review of what is reliably known about the effects of touch in a variety of clinical conditions, especially in the areas of:

- stress reduction

- pain reduction

- growth and development

- immune function

- auto-immune disorders

This book is a uniquely valuable and practical resource for all healthcare professionals whose work involves touch, especially massage therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists and many complementary therapists.

Date reviewed

06/01/2004

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