The Pocket Atlas Of The Moving Body: For All Students of Human Biology, Medicine, Sports and Physical Therapy

Cash, Mel

ISBN 10: 0091865123 / ISBN 13: 9780091865122

Published by Ebury Press, 1999

About this Item

1999. Illustrated. spiral_bound. Offers information to understand how the human body moves and maintains posture. This pocket atlas contains 40 anatomical illustrations in colour, and describes almost every part of the moving body. It also has tables of muscles, joints, posture and movement patterns, definitions of technical terms, and a listing of common types of injury. Illustrator(s): Wadmore, Anne. Num Pages: 72 pages, 65 illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: MFC; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780091865122

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Pocket Atlas Of The Moving Body: For All Students of Human Biology, Medicine, Sports and Physical Therapy
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091865123
• ISBN 13: 9780091865122
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Wadmore, Anne
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The leading sports massage expert Mel Cash now publishes this indispensable guide to the human muscular and skeletal system. It contains all the most relevant information needed to understand how the human body moves and maintains posture, drawing together knowledge from several different areas of medical science and presenting it in a clear and simple style. The book is essential for all students of human biology, medicine and physical therapy (orhtodox and complementary), and anyone involved at any level in sport, exercise, or dance. The 40 specially commissioned colour illustrations, plus 25 line drawings, provide a full picture of the human muscular and skeletal system, and the accompanying text explains how they may become injured, and the various other causes of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

About the Author

Mel Cash has been a massage therapist since 1985 and, through his books, has become one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. He is principal tutor of the London School of Sports Massage, and has lectured in anatomy and physiology at the University of Westminster.