[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition
NKSMy amazing partner and family, thank you for your love, support andencouragement and all of the ways you enrich my life and nourish my soul.Aleila, thank you for being the consummate role model of integrity, graciousnessand working for the greater good – you inspire me daily.Nancy Keeney Smith, thank you for boldly stepping into the world of massagetherapy (MT) research and for having the courage to challenge the status quo. Iam humbled by your knowledge, passion, compassion and dedication and all youdo for those who grace your treatment table. You rock sister-friend.Thank you to the lovely Mary Law who, serendipitously, brought Nancy and Itogether to collaborate on this book. And thank you to all the fine people atHandspring for their interest in and devotion to publishing bodywork, movementand manual therapy materials for the professional. Lynn Watt (our editor) – youare the bomb!Over a lengthy career I have had the great privilege of being in the company of,and to learn from, outstanding educators, colleagues and students. A few that Iacknowledge here have not only impacted me in significant ways but have alsocontributed, immeasurably, to progressing the profession: Andrew Lewarne,Annette Ruitenbeek, Donelda Gowan-Moody, Pamela Fitch and Rick Overeem –thank you all. Doug Alexander, thank you for your mentoring and for providingme with a garden to cultivate my writing. Susan Brimner, thank you for beingthe best MT teacher a fledgling could have ever hoped for and for introducingme to the world of scar tissue massage.Thank you to all who support, promote and engage in MT research. I, like many,continually evolve and elevate my quality of care because of your efforts.RMTBC, I so appreciate your research efforts and research library.Thank you to the Canadian Massage Therapy regulatory colleges for all you doto establish and ensure high professional standards and registrant delivery ofsafe, effective and ethical care.To all who have graced my treatment table: it has been a privilege to facilitatecare on your behalf. You have taught me and touched me in deeply meaningfulways.
Lastly, thank you, the reader; the true value of this book will be revealed throughyour hands … off the page and on to the table.
- Page 2 and 3: Traumatic Scar Tissue ManagementMas
- Page 4: Letter to NKS - from Camp Amigo cam
- Page 7 and 8: Important noticeNeither the publish
- Page 9 and 10: FOREWORDEveryone has scars: visible
- Page 11 and 12: stories about how basic massage the
- Page 13 and 14: to the events that resulted in the
- Page 15 and 16: PREFACEMore people are surviving tr
- Page 17 and 18: and
- Page 19: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSA thank you to the
- Page 23 and 24: GLOSSARY AND KEY CONCEPTSAll the wo
- Page 25 and 26: AdhesionsScar-like tissue that form
- Page 27 and 28: Alphabet techniquesCs, Js, and Ss -
- Page 29 and 30: AngiogenesisGrowth of new blood ves
- Page 31 and 32: AponeurosesDense, sheet-like fascia
- Page 33 and 34: Autonomic balanceHomeostatic and co
- Page 35 and 36: BarrierIs defined as the point wher
- Page 37 and 38: Best research evidenceThe best avai
- Page 39 and 40: Body AwarenessConscious, attentiona
- Page 41 and 42: BradykininInflammatory mediator - a
- Page 43 and 44: Capsular contractureEnvelopment of
- Page 45 and 46: ChemokinesSmall molecules released
- Page 47 and 48: CicatrixAnother term for scar - the
- Page 49 and 50: Collagen crimpThe wavy formation se
- Page 51 and 52: Compassion fatigueThe profound emot
- Page 53 and 54: Compression techniqueA therapeutic
- Page 55 and 56: Consolidated edemaChronic stage ede
- Page 57 and 58: CortisolHormone released in respons
- Page 59 and 60: CreepA time-dependent response of v
- Page 61 and 62: DebridementRemoval of foreign mater
- Page 63 and 64: Degloving injuryA form of avulsion
- Page 65 and 66: DermatomeAreas of skin supplied by
- Page 67 and 68: Direct release techniqueCommonly us
- Page 69 and 70: Dry needlingA procedure involving i
NKS
My amazing partner and family, thank you for your love, support and
encouragement and all of the ways you enrich my life and nourish my soul.
Aleila, thank you for being the consummate role model of integrity, graciousness
and working for the greater good – you inspire me daily.
Nancy Keeney Smith, thank you for boldly stepping into the world of massage
therapy (MT) research and for having the courage to challenge the status quo. I
am humbled by your knowledge, passion, compassion and dedication and all you
do for those who grace your treatment table. You rock sister-friend.
Thank you to the lovely Mary Law who, serendipitously, brought Nancy and I
together to collaborate on this book. And thank you to all the fine people at
Handspring for their interest in and devotion to publishing bodywork, movement
and manual therapy materials for the professional. Lynn Watt (our editor) – you
are the bomb!
Over a lengthy career I have had the great privilege of being in the company of,
and to learn from, outstanding educators, colleagues and students. A few that I
acknowledge here have not only impacted me in significant ways but have also
contributed, immeasurably, to progressing the profession: Andrew Lewarne,
Annette Ruitenbeek, Donelda Gowan-Moody, Pamela Fitch and Rick Overeem –
thank you all. Doug Alexander, thank you for your mentoring and for providing
me with a garden to cultivate my writing. Susan Brimner, thank you for being
the best MT teacher a fledgling could have ever hoped for and for introducing
me to the world of scar tissue massage.
Thank you to all who support, promote and engage in MT research. I, like many,
continually evolve and elevate my quality of care because of your efforts.
RMTBC, I so appreciate your research efforts and research library.
Thank you to the Canadian Massage Therapy regulatory colleges for all you do
to establish and ensure high professional standards and registrant delivery of
safe, effective and ethical care.
To all who have graced my treatment table: it has been a privilege to facilitate
care on your behalf. You have taught me and touched me in deeply meaningful
ways.