Description
This book aims to present, in a single volume, the best of modern massage research.While research indicates that 1 in 3 Americans use alternative health care modalities, little research has been completed and disseminated in the area of massage therapy. This volume will present about ten chapters in areas of research probably including studies of massage for: stress (post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, depression, abuse), spinal cord injuries, enhancing growth (pregnancy and infancy), pain reduction (rheumatoid arthritis, back pain, migraine, and fibromyalgia), pediatrics, the elderly, increasing employee satisfaction (chair massage), enhancing cognition (alertness, autism), and/or immunity (HIV, cancer).The first text to provide the evidence which the profession is looking for to support its practice - BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK. Editorial comment will show the relevance of the research evidence to the day to day work of the practitioner Brings together material which at the moment is not readily available to the non-academic therapist Up to date and credible- the latest and most important findings by the key names Common structure to all chapters will make it easier for the reader not used to reading research to follow. Readable, reliable, referenced.
About the Author
Grant Jewell Rich, L.M.T., N.C.T.M.B., is 2nd vice president of the Ohio chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association and chair of the editorial advisory board of the Massage Therapy Journal, a national quarterly with a circulation of over 60,000. Grant is currently visiting faculty in psychology atOhio State University Mansfield and he has served on the faculties of Antioch College and Columbus State Community College as well. Grant received a B.A.in English from Oberlin College, and a M.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago, where he is a Ph.D. candidate. At Chicago, he received the four-year tuition and stipend University Fellowship and the Bernice Neugarten Award for Dissertation-related research. He has taught numerous courses, including research methods, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and human development. At Chicago, he worked with best-selling author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-authoring work on flow and peak experience, and conducting interviews with eminent creators for Csikszentmihalyi's 1996 book, Creativity, which became a Quality Paperback Book club Top 10 Best Seller.
Grant has given talks and presentations at many national conferences, including the American Anthropological Association, the American Education Research Association, the Pacific Sociological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Research on Child Development, and the Society for Research on Adolescence. He has served as a reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Corwin Press, Journal of Marriage and the Family, National Council on Family Relations, Massage Therapy Journal and other journals and organizations. He has served on the boards of several social service organizations including the National Hallof Fame for People with Disabilities and Mentorship Columbus. He serves on the editorial board of the American Anthropological Association's Anthropologyof Consciousness, and is guest editing of special issue of this journal on the "body and consciousness." He has written for numerous publications including Psychology Today, Massage, Massage Therapy Journal, Keyboard, Anthropologyand Education Quarterly, Anthropology of Consciousness, Family Relations, Creativity Research Journal, Skeptical Inquirer, Antioch Review, and Anthropology and Medicine. He has served on the AMTA Foundation research proposal review committee.
Reviews
"One of the few books that documents recent research findings, this is most definitely a must have... The great thing about this book is it s accessibility. It is well organized, easy to read and clearly covers methodological challenges as well as documenting research studies ." Sandrine Dodson, The international Journal of Aromatherapy, Vol 12 No 2, June 2002 Journal of Bodywork and Movemnet Therapies, Leon Chaitow, January 2004 "The fact that results are as good as those emerging from the evidence presented in this book suggests that if a higher standard of training existed, worldwide, results would be even more impressive. The book is well organized, and works to the strengths of massage with the text divided into logical sections."
Book Information
ISBN 9780723432173
Author Grant Jewell Rich
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Mosby
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences
Weight(grams) 350g
About the Author
Grant Jewell Rich, L.M.T., N.C.T.M.B., is 2nd vice president of the Ohio chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association and chair of the editorial advisory board of the Massage Therapy Journal, a national quarterly with a circulation of over 60,000. Grant is currently visiting faculty in psychology atOhio State University Mansfield and he has served on the faculties of Antioch College and Columbus State Community College as well. Grant received a B.A.in English from Oberlin College, and a M.A. in psychology from the University of Chicago, where he is a Ph.D. candidate. At Chicago, he received the four-year tuition and stipend University Fellowship and the Bernice Neugarten Award for Dissertation-related research. He has taught numerous courses, including research methods, social psychology, abnormal psychology, and human development. At Chicago, he worked with best-selling author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-authoring work on flow and peak experience, and conducting interviews with eminent creators for Csikszentmihalyi's 1996 book, Creativity, which became a Quality Paperback Book club Top 10 Best Seller.
Grant has given talks and presentations at many national conferences, including the American Anthropological Association, the American Education Research Association, the Pacific Sociological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Society for Research on Child Development, and the Society for Research on Adolescence. He has served as a reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Creativity Research Journal, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Corwin Press, Journal of Marriage and the Family, National Council on Family Relations, Massage Therapy Journal and other journals and organizations. He has served on the boards of several social service organizations including the National Hallof Fame for People with Disabilities and Mentorship Columbus. He serves on the editorial board of the American Anthropological Association's Anthropologyof Consciousness, and is guest editing of special issue of this journal on the "body and consciousness." He has written for numerous publications including Psychology Today, Massage, Massage Therapy Journal, Keyboard, Anthropologyand Education Quarterly, Anthropology of Consciousness, Family Relations, Creativity Research Journal, Skeptical Inquirer, Antioch Review, and Anthropology and Medicine. He has served on the AMTA Foundation research proposal review committee.
Reviews
"One of the few books that documents recent research findings, this is most definitely a must have... The great thing about this book is it s accessibility. It is well organized, easy to read and clearly covers methodological challenges as well as documenting research studies ." Sandrine Dodson, The international Journal of Aromatherapy, Vol 12 No 2, June 2002 Journal of Bodywork and Movemnet Therapies, Leon Chaitow, January 2004 "The fact that results are as good as those emerging from the evidence presented in this book suggests that if a higher standard of training existed, worldwide, results would be even more impressive. The book is well organized, and works to the strengths of massage with the text divided into logical sections."
Book Information
ISBN 9780723432173
Author Grant Jewell Rich
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Mosby
Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences
Weight(grams) 350g
