Healing Massage: A Simple Approach (Nurse As Healer Series.)

A series of brief healing message routines highlight this book. It includes step-by-step and visual instructions for a one-minute foot massage, a three-minute should rub, plus short routines using lotion for back, shoulders, neck and feet. The focus is on massage scenarios that can be realistically incorporated into a nurse's busy schedule. The authors address the role that message can play in facilitating well-being and healing, and offer explanations for the links between thoughts, feelings and stress, and how they affect body tension. Massage is discussed for patients with a variety of health conditions.

Marsha Jelonek Walker became a Registered Massage Therapist in 1980 and began a private practice. In 1992 she received her Masters Degree in Nursing and went on in 1994 to help develop a Holistic Nursing Series for the Continuing Education Department at the University of Texas School of Nursing in Austin. She continues to enjoy her private practice and is on the faculty of the Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage in Austin. In 1997, she became a Certified Holistic Nurse and is now working on her Ph.D. in Holistic Adult Nursing.

Jonathan Walker became a Registered Massage Therapist in 1980 and began a private practice with Marsha Jelonek Walker. In 1994, after practicing and teaching massasge for 14 years, Jonathan received his Master's Degree in Education with a focus on Instructional Design for Learning Technologies. In addition to his continuing interest and involvement in spirituality, healing, and teaching, he has worked as a freelance writer and designer in insutructional media.