Save Your Hands!
The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and
Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 3rd Edition
By Lauriann Greene and Richard W. Goggins, MS, CPE, LMT
with contributions by Janet M. Peterson, DPT, PT
The Renowned, Top-Selling
Self-Care Resource
for Massage Therapists, Manual Therapy
Students and Professional Therapists
For Every Massage Therapist and Manual Therapist,
Students to Professionals
Although work-related injury is common for massage therapists and other manual practitioners, injury is NOT inevitable! Despite the considerable physical and emotional work demands therapists face that can lead to symptoms and musculoskeletal disorders, there is a great deal you can do to stay healthy and productive in your work!
Save Your Hands! 3rd Edition provides extensively updated, revised, expanded and proven strategies to protect your health, enhance your practice, and extend your career. It will help save your hands, back, neck, shoulders and well-being throughout a long, healthy career. That's why Save Your Hands! is now considered the gold standard for injury prevention in massage therapy and manual therapy training and professional practice.
In this book, you'll find:
• Practical, evidence-based ergonomics and body mechanics strategies to reduce unnecessary strain, improve your workspace and techniques, and work with more ease, confidence, and efficiency.
• Body-saving conditioning program to get you in shape for your work, designed by a DPT for the specific physical demands of manual and massage therapy, and many other easy-to-incorporate self-care tactics.
• Tools for managing workload and creating a sustainable practice, to help you balance the demands of hands-on work with your own well-being, battle stress and burnout.
• Illustrations, checklists, and practical daily job aids that make essential injury-prevention information accessible and easy to put into practice.
• Career longevity planning that begins in training.
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Massage Therapy Schools
Elevate your curriculum!
Save Your Hands! is a comprehensive text and essential resource, included in curricula at hundreds of schools worldwide for over 20 years. In a profession with high rates of injury, teaching students what it really takes to stay healthy as a professional (which must go way beyond body mechanics) is each school's duty. We offer a free Instructors' Guide and Curriculum Guides to assist you in using Save Your Hands! 3rd Edition to prepare students for a healthy career in a demanding field. Properly preparing students in this way enhances their satisfaction and also the reputation of the school.
Clinics and Spas:
Keep Your Therapists Healthy, Improve Their Well-Being, and
Save Money for Your Spa
Massage therapists (and estheticians) have high rates of injury and burnout from the physically demanding work they do. Spas and clinics may not realize they have working conditions that can contribute. At clinics and spas, these often lead to costly turnover, absenteeism and workers' comp claims.
Save Your Hands!™ Consulting and Coaching can help spas and clinics institute simple, cost-effective solutions that can greatly reduce injury, burnout and costs.
These include specialized trainings, ergonomics assessments, creation of protocols, and more. Reducing injury and increasing ease and comfort enhance morale and productivity, and improve the customer experience. Download our Consulting Flyer below, or contact us.
For Libraries
An essential resource for:
Allied health programs
Vocational training collections
Professional development sections
Health sciences references
Career guidance resources
TESTIMONIALS
Praise for Save Your Hands! 3rd Edition
"Brilliant!"
"Lauriann Greene is brilliant and the work she is doing is going to SAVE our THERAPISTS! LOVE THIS ❤️.”
— Margaret Lora, Spa Consultant
"A Major Contribution"
“I have always considered your book a major contribution to our profession.”
— David Palmer, LMT, Founder of TouchPro International, the "Father of Modern Chair Massage"
"Comprehensive"
“... the definitive self-care guide from Greene and Goggins. It is so comprehensive that, while you may already have excellent habits as a therapist, many of its topics may still be new to you.”
— AMTA Washington Chapter
"Great Stuff!"
"I reference your work a lot in my books! Great Stuff!"
— Susan Salvo, EdD, BCTMB, LMT
Author, Massage Therapy Principles & Practice
Author, Mosby's Pathology for Massage Therapists
"Exceptional organization and thoughtful design."
"Save Your Hands! is a book that I truly wish I had discovered 35 years ago. This resource stands out for its exceptional organization and thoughtful design, making it highly suitable for anyone who practices manual therapy. Protecting ourselves is essential to maintaining a long and healthy career in this field. I encourage you to do yourself a favor and read Save Your Hands."
— Bruce Baltz, LMT, BCTMB, Founder of SpiriPhysical and Director of Education for Pura 1st Wellness
"Expands the concept of risk beyond technique."
“What makes this book especially valuable is how it expands the concept of risk beyond technique. It encourages practitioners to consider equipment choices, client positioning, and environmental factors-both within and beyond the treatment space. There is practical information on common injuries with recommendations on how to heal and avoid re-injury. The book frames self-advocacy and self-care as central tenets of sustainable practice. I recommend this book for students, educators, and seasoned professionals.”
— Sandy Fritz, MS BCTMB, Author, The Massage Therapaist's Guide to Pain Management and others
"Excellent practical advice"
"Save Your Hands! provides excellent practical suggestions for improving safety of the provision of manual therapy services. The authors have been thoughtful and comprehensive in their approach and provide valuable information to the practitioner regarding how to protect themselves from injury ...
— Jeff Lau, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT, Program Director, PTA program, Provo College, Utah
"A good investment"
"This inexpensive softcover book is a good investment. Any professional who does hands-on treatment should have it on the shelf."
— Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
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