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CLARE MAXWELL-HUDSON MASS THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE \ MASSAGE THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Drawing on the unrivaled experience and knowledge ofClare Maxwell-Hudson, one ofthe world'sforemost Massage practitioners, is the most up-to-date and beautifully illustrated guide available. INNOVATIVE APPROACH State-of-the-art photography captures movement on the page, showing exactly how each stroke A should be performed. series of unique international masterclasses ^features routines ranging fromThai :aditional Indian bridal massage Bjatsu and Swedish massage. HEALTH & BEAUTY treatments for face and body facial massage for a natural a hydrotherapy massage irc^Kpn and tone the ?rapeutic massage, based medical research, offers wide range of health i ther treatments include )r expectant mothers, aBthe ibies, elderly. lensivjrand innovative :h, this iBie definitive widcHphging powers WSsage. $24.95 U 4j/U YUL* )1 l£ti> C MASSAGE THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE j9 y. y MASSAGE THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE CLAHE MAXWELL-HUDSON MASSAGE PHOTOGKAPHY SANDKA LOUSADA DK PUBLISHING, INC. New York www.dk.com Contents A DK PUBLISHING BOOK www.dk.com Introduction 6 Project Editors Monica Chakraverty, Nell Graville Preparing to Massage 10 Art Editors Learning to Massage 12 Helen Diplock. Carole Perks Hand Exercises 13 Designer Rachana Shah & Choosing Blending Oils 14 SeniorArt Editor Tracey Clarke The Power of Massage 16 Managing Editors Mary Ling. Susannah Marriott Managing Art Editor Toni Kay Senior Managing Editor Krystyna Mayer DTP Designer Karen Ruane Digital Image Manipulation Bridget Roseberry Production Manager Maryann Webster Hii's book isgratefully dedicated to Shah. Mina and Gill. Gallery of Strokes First American Edition. 1999 2468 109753 1 Stroking 20 Fan Stroking 22 First published in Great Britain in 1999 byDorlingKindersleyLimited. Alternate Fan Stroking 24 9 HenriettaStreet. London WC2E8PS Publishedin the UnitedStatesby Circle Stroking 26 Side Stroking 28 DK Publishing. Inc 95Madison Avenue.. Criss-crossing 30 Deep Stroking 32 NewYork. NewYork 10016 Copyrighte 1999DorlingKindersleyLimited Kneading 34 Pressures 38 Textcopyrightc 1999ClareMaxwell-Hudson Massagephotographyc 1999SandraLousada Percussion 40 Vibrations 44 Holds 46 All rightsreserved Nopartofthispublication maybereproduced, stored inaretrieval system, ortransmitted inanyformorbyany means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordingorotherwise, without thepriorwritten permissionofthecopyright ov ISBN 7894 417 ReproducedbyColourpath. Great Britain Printedandbound in HongKongbyDai Nippon Important Notice Refertothesafetyprecautionsonpages 14and 16before commencingamassage. Ifyouareinanydoubtastowhetherto massageanarea,seekadoctor'sadvicefirst.Refertothecautionson pages 14-15beforeusinganyessentialoil. Neithertheauthornor thepublishercanbeheldresponsibleforanydamage,injury,or otherwiseresultingfromtheuseofmassageoressentialoils. Self-massage Face & Scalp 51 Neck & Shoulders 54 Legs & Feet 56 Abdomen St. Lower Back 58 Arms & Hands 60 Massage Massage for Health Masterclasses Massage for Sports 138 RSI, Cramp 142 Swedish Massage 64 On-site Massage 70 Aching Feet, Sprains & Strains 143 Manual Lymphatic Drainage 74 Chinese Massage 78 Stress & Insomnia 144 Headaches 146 Indian Massage 82 Thai Massage 86 Abdominal Complaints 148 Back Pain 150 Eastern Head Massage 90 Shiatsu 94 Reflexology 98 Joint Conditions 152 Massage & the Elderly 154 Sarawak Massage 100 Turkish Baths Massage 104 Massage & Illness 156 Massage in the Hospital 158 Moroccan Massage 108 The Anatomy 160 Massage to Research & Bibliography 164 Index 166 Beautify Acknowledgments 168 Natural Face Lift 112 Anti-cellulite Massage 118 Hydrotherapy 120 Pregnancy, Babies Children 6l Massage for Pregnancy 124 Massage During Labor 128 Massage After Childbirth 129 Baby Massage 130 Massage for Children 134 / Introduction ost people love to travel, and most people also love to be massaged, so you can imagine how incredibly lucky feel I that my life contains both these delights. Since I first trained in London and Paris. have visited many parts of the world, I searching out massage techniques and the many ways people help each other through touch. My first journey was actually done in the library of the British Museum, where sat researching day after day, tracking massage back over the I centuries and finding it everywhere, from Polynesia to Persia, from Japan to the Sandwich Islands. I learned how in ancient Greece, Herodicus, teacher of Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, made massage and exercise a cornerstone of the medicine of the day - something that modern doctors now support. In ancient Rome, Cicero, the great orator, said he owed as much to his "anointer" as to his physician, and Julius Caesar was "pinched" daily by a specially trained slave, to alleviate his neuralgic pains. In the 6th century, the physician Aetius of Amide ordered massage for certain women "who do not conceive." This is just what we are beginning to do again today; recently have come across two cases of massage used on women with this problem, I and both later successfully conceived. After traveling through history, my real journeys began. In places as diverse as America and Afghanistan, New Zealand and Zanzibar, the hammams of Turkey and Hungary and mountain villages in Thailand, learned I
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