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Fascia

Fascia In Sport and Movement

Paperback (14 Jan 2015)

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Publisher's Synopsis

FASCIA in Sport and Movement provides sports coaches, movement teachers and manual therapists with the latest research on fascia in an accessible format. The book shows how an understanding of fascia's structure and function may inform your clinical practice. This book will enhance the knowledge of the sports professional, yoga teacher and Pilates instructor and enable them better to understand and manage soft tissue injuries. Compiled and edited by one of the foremost researchers in the field of fascia for sport and movement the book offers the manual therapist information on how different activities influence the body's soft tissue matrix and the kind of injuries that might occur. Contributors constitute a veritable who's who of experts, who provide a distillation of the latest research and its practical applications. FASCIA in Sport and Movement supplies professionals with the most up to date information they need for success. This book is a must for all bodywork professionals: sports coaches, fitness trainers, yoga teachers, Pilates instructors, dance teachers and manual therapists.

About the Publisher

Handspring Publishing

Jessica Kingsley Publishers is a wholly independent company, committed to publishing books that make a difference. The company was founded in 1987 by Jessica Kingsley and has grown since then to the point where we now publish over 200 books a year, which are available throughout the world. In 2004 we opened our US office, in Philadelphia. We publish books for professional and general readers in a range of subjects. We are well known for our long established lists on the autism spectrum, on social work, and on the arts therapies. More recently we have published extensively in the fields of mental health, counselling, palliative care, and practical theology.

Book information

ISBN: 9781909141070
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint: Handspring Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 615.82
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xi, 274
Weight: 788g
Height: 247mm
Width: 189mm
Spine width: 15mm