Save Your Hands!: The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, Third Edition

NEW 2025 THIRD EDITION!Students and professionals know what it's like to have sore hands or an aching back or neck at the end of the workday. Why? Studies show that massage, bodywork and other manual therapy work is quite physically demanding and puts you at risk for pain and chronic musculoskeletal injury. Unless you really know how to protect yourself!In fact, injury is NOT inevitable! Save Your Hands! has helped over 100,000 therapists worldwide learn the proven injury prevention and ergonomics strategies, tips and advice you need to protect your health and your investment in your career. And the Third Edition is our best, most holistic, most complete book of them all!In the most accessible, richly-illustrated format so far, Save Your Hands! Third Edition now includes:The up-to-date information you need to safeguard your health and career, including not only about your work, but also activities like mobile phone and computer useDetailed, extensive body mechanics instructions to work with less physical strain and greater comfortComprehensive ergonomics advice to design your treatment space to let you use good body mechanics More alternative techniques to protect vulnerable parts of your bodyA specially designed workout program to get you in condition to work with more confidence and less strainExtensive, updated information to help you recognize early symptoms and address them effectively so they don’t lead to injuries that can affect your work and your wellbeingA new section with practical steps to start the day relaxed and restore ease and comfort with refreshing “mini-breaks” throughout your day.The Third Edition has won acclaim from top experts in manual therapy, like Sandy Fritz, MS, BCTMB, CMBE, Author of Mosby’s Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage, who said, " I recommend this book for students, educators, and seasoned professionals”; or David Palmer (the “father” of chair massage) who said “ I have always considered your book a major contribution to our profession.” That’s why it’s been the gold standard in self-care for over 20 years, and required reading at hundreds of schools worldwide. Count on the new Save Your Hands! Third Edition to protect your hands, back, neck, shoulders and emotional well-being throughout a long, healthy career. For all massage therapists, physical therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapists, hand therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, nurses, athletic trainers, and more. Read more