Manual of Clinical Assessment for Massage Therapists

David Zulak MA, RMT has been a massage therapist since 1994, and an instructor since 1996. He has worked in the past as an instructor, program director and curriculum writer for several massage therapy schools in Ontario, Canada.Over his teaching career, he has taught almost every course given at a school of massage. However, his focus and interest has always remained anatomy, treatments, techniques and orthopaedic assessment skills. A specific passion of his has been emphasizing and promoting the need for all massage therapists to have a good solid understanding of and facility with the skills involved in clinical assessment.David has written over a dozen articles for Massage Therapy Canada Magazine for the column Essentials of Assessment, and has recently been writing a column called The Learning Curve, discussing issues and trends in massage therapy education. Currently David primarily teaches seminars across Canada for practising massage therapists, along with sustaining a busy clinical practice in Brantford Ontario.

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Ankle and FootChapter 2. KneeChapter 3. Hip and Innominate boneChapter 4. Comprehensive Examination of the SpineChapter 5. Sacroiliac Joint and PelvisChapter 6. Lumbar SpineChapter 7. Thoracic Spine and RibsChapter 8. Cervical SpineChapter 9. Thoracic OutletChapter 10. ShoulderChapter 11. ElbowChapter 12. Wrist and HandReferences