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Author: Patricia J. Benjamin, Scott P. Lamp

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Updated and invigorated, Understanding Sports Massage, Second Edition, provides readers with an understanding of the fundamental theory and practical basis for using sports massage to keep athletes in top shape, recover from injuries, and improve performance. Like the successful first edition, Understanding Sports Massage is ideal for sport professionals and students in sports massage training programs. The book illustrates and explains massage techniques in detail and describes the procedures involved in conducting effective sports massage sessions, including determining goals, organizing the session, and choosing and applying techniques.

In addition to serving sport professionals, the new edition of Understanding Sports Massage will be useful to coaches, athletes, and teachers. They will be introduced to massage techniques that they can learn and apply in nonmedical situations such as in warm-ups, preparing for and recovering from competition, reducing the potential for injuries, and aiding in injury rehabilitation.

Understanding Sports Massage, Second Edition, also features many updates and improvements from the first edition:

• Nearly 100 photographs demonstrate proper technique.

• New two-color presentation highlights specific elements of the text for a clearer understanding of the material presented.

• Updated and expanded material throughout the book includes new sections on medications and massage, specialized massage techniques, and joint movements and stretching; an updated trouble spots form; more examples of remedial and rehabilitation applications; and a description of the increasing use of sports massage in integrative sports medicine settings.

This text helps readers put theory into practice, first explaining the scientific underpinnings of sports massage and then describing in detail how to apply those concepts in a massage session.

This “how-to” approach extends to its planning and programming sections, in which the authors lay out the finer points of giving sports massage and then guide readers in implementing sports massage programs in various settings. The program-development portion of this book provides practitioners with detailed advice from the authors, who are well respected for their expertise and program-development skills. They address how to implement sports massage programs in various settings and how sports massage specialists cooperate with other sport and health professionals to provide the best possible care for athletes.

The result is a comprehensive and richly detailed guide to providing the best sports massage in a variety of settings and to developing a top-notch sports massage program in a school or university, a health club or organization, or a clinic or private practice.

 

Chapter 1. Theory and Science of Sports Massage

Definition of Sports Massage

The Many Uses of Massage in Sports

The Sports Massage Specialist

The Whole-Athlete Model

Sports Massage and Athletic Performance

Evidence for Effectiveness

Constellation of Effects

Contraindications and Cautions

Medications and Drugs

Chapter 2. Techniques and Basic Skills

Building Blocks of Sports Massage

Hand and Finger Positions

Basic Massage Techniques

Basic Joint Movement Techniques

Specialized Massage Techniques

Palpation

Chapter 3. Restorative Sports Massage

Restorative Massage and Its Applications

Recovery Massage

Remedial Applications

Rehabilitation Applications

Chapter 4. Sports Massage at Athletic Events

Event Sports Massage

Pre-Event Sports Massage

Inter-Event Sports Massage

Post-Event Sports Massage

Hyperthermia and Hypothermia

Relieving Muscle Cramps

Event Sports Massage at a Swim Meet

Chapter 5. Maintenance Sports Massage

Overview of Maintenance Sports Massage

Common Problem Areas

Maintenance Massage Using Oil

Chapter 6. Planning and Giving Sports Massage

Sports Massage Sessions

Planning a Session

Sports Massage Routines

Logistics of Giving Sports Massage

Aspects of Technique Performance

Monitoring Progress and Pain

Chapter 7. Implementing a Sports Massage Program

Sports Massage Programs

School and University Programs

The Athlete’s Support Team

Athletic Organizations

Organized Sport Events

Health Clubs

Private Sports Massage Practices

Integrative Sports Medicine Clinics

Patricia Benjamin, PhD, has been asports professional for over 30 years and has gained special insight into massage for athletes. She has been a high school physical education teacher and coach and a youth sports coach, and she has taught sports at the college level. Her own experiences as an athlete have contributed to her understanding of the benefits of sports massage.

Benjamin received her bachelor of science degree in physical education from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and master’s degree in education from NorthernIllinoisUniversity. Her PhD in recreation and leisure studies is from PurdueUniversity.

Benjamin graduated from the Chicago School of Massage Therapy in 1984 and is a licensed massage therapist in the state of Illinois. She is active in the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), in which she has served as director of education from 1989 to 1993, and more recently as Illinois chapter president. She is a former AMTA historian and writes a column on the history of massage in the Massage Therapy Journal.

 Benjamin is coauthor of Tappan’s Handbook of Healing Massage Techniques, Fourth Edition (2005), teaches professional foundations courses and ethics in massage therapy programs, and is a massage therapy education curriculum consultant and author. She lives in Chicago and enjoys Zen archery, tai chi, history reading, traveling, and gardening.

Scott Lamp has been a massage therapist since 1982 and has worked with athletes at all levels.  He was the first massage therapist in the United States to be hired by a Division I college athletic association (University of Florida) to provide an ongoing massage therapy program.

Lamp is now the owner and director of Southeastern Sports Massage, a sports massage clinic that develops and implements a variety of projects and programs. He also has his own private practice that serves more than 30 clients per week ranging from professional athletes to weekend warriors and gardeners. In addition, he develops and teaches certification programs for sports massage therapy.

Lamp graduated from the Soma School of Massage in Gainesville, Florida, in 1982 and is licensed in the state of Florida. He is nationally certified in therapeutic massage and body work. He earned his bachelor of science degree in botany from the University of Florida in 1980.

Lamp has been very active in massage therapy associations, winning numerous awards and serving in many capacities including national president of the American Massage Therapy Association. He has conducted research on the effects of massage as part of a University of Florida research team. Lamp lives in Gainesville, Florida, where his interests include renovating houses, landscaping, traveling, practicing yoga, and watercolor painting.

“In a very reader-friendly, nicely photographed 155 pages, Patricia Benjamin and Scott Lamp give us the techiniques, skills, history and contraindications of sports massage.”

Massage Magazine (August 2005)

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