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How will Save Your Hands! help me prevent injury?Save Your Hands! arms you with vital information and practical advice you need to keep you healthy in your career. It explores the sources of these common injuries, the reasons why the body cannot withstand this stress, provides numerous proven prevention and ergonomics strategies, techniques and tips, and identifies the most effective treatments to keep injuries from turning into chronic or debilitating injury.Who is this book written for?This book is for all healthcare practitioners who do hands-on therapy; in other words, those who deliver healthcare treatments with their hands or arms. These practitioners, who include massage therapists, physical therapists, chiropractors, doctors of osteopathy, occupational therapists, nurses and athletic trainers, are at risk for injury from the often repetitive, strenuous work they do. Can students benefit from reading Save Your Hands!?Yes! Some students get hurt while they're still in school. Reading Save Your Hands! can help a student develop the injury-prevention habits they will need to get through school and go on to a long, healthy career. In fact, many massage schools across North America make the book available to their students, and it is a required text in many of them.Why do manual therapists get injured?These practitioners are trained to pay attention to the aches and pains of their clients and patients, and often neglect their own symptoms in doing so. They may not receive enough training in self-care, ergonomics and stress-reducing techniques to make doing their work safer. They then encounter a number of risk factors in their work and off-work life; with enough exposure to these risk factors, they can become injured. Save Your Hands! helps them become more aware of the potential for injury, learn how to prevent injuries, and how to treat injuries if they do occur so they can eventually resume a normal work schedule.Why did you write this book?When I was in massage school, I became injured and could not practice when I graduated. I chose to turn my own injury into a study of why these injuries occur and what can be done to prevent them. Years of giving workshops on injury prevention, interviews with injured massage therapists and physical therapists, and extensive research and collaboration with experts on musculoskeletal disorders led to the writing of this book. As co-author of the Second Edition, certified professional ergonomist and licensed massage therapist Rick Goggins lends his expertise and over 17 years of experience working with employees and employers in a wide variety of industries. Janet M. Peterson, PT, DPT, has provided an excellent physical conditioning program designed specifically for manual therapists. Save Your Hands! now provides the authoritative, fact-based information and advice all manual therapists need about this important topic. We hope that Save Your Hands! will give you the tools you need to avoid the pain, hardship, and possible loss of income these injuries can cause, and help you have a long, healthy career.
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