ATLAS ot?THERAPEUTIC MOTION FOR TREATMENT AND HEALTH gives a
detailed，step-by-step introduction to traditional Chinese massage and exercise therapy designed to treat a wide variety of muscle and bone ailments and generally improve the health．Illustrated with 499 color photos，the book iS easy to follow for laymen and a good training manual for medical workers．It introduces ancient．completely natural methods of massage that have been developed and improved upon over the centuries and found effecti

General Outline
The Basic Methods of Therapeutic Massage
1. Extension and fleetion
2. Rocking
3．Interception
4．Torsion
5. Snapping and prodding
6. Rolling
7．Pulling
8. Intermediate pummeljng
9. Hitting
10. ACuDOjnt
11. Shakjng
12. Pushing
13. G rasping
14. Pressing
15. Rubbing
16. Kneading
17. Dispersing
18. Squeezing
19. Chopping
20．Aligning and smoothing
Localized TrealmenIs a
1．The head and facial regions
（1） Massage of the head
（2） Massage of the temples and mandibular region
2．The neck
（1）Basic methods
（2）Localized methods
a） J Kneading under tFaCtion
b） J Lifting and pushing
C）J Torsion
Quick torsion method
Torslon in a sittlng posltion
Torslon in a suplne posilion
d）Treatment for torticolIis in childfen
3. The thoracic region
a）Lifting
b）Tapping and pounding
c）Rotating
4. Lower back pain
（1）The basic methods
（2）The localized methods
a）Spinal pinching
b） Pushing and tapping
c）Flection and pressing with traction
d）The three lifting movements
e）Pressing on the back and rocking the legs
f）Rocking the low-er back
g）Pressing in hyperextensiOn
h）Pression in a bent．knee position
i）Rocking the lower back in a supine position
j）Taking steps in the ai r
k）Rocking in a sitting position
I）Rolling on a bed
m）Stretching the back from a standing position
n）Flection and extending of Ihe lumbar spine
o）HiP 1ift
P）Carrying
q） Bending on a bed
r）1wlstmg the Iumbar spine
S）Stepping
t）I reating the upper thoracic Vertebrae
Appendix：
a）I reatmenl ror realposition of the pubic bone
b）l reatIng strains of the sacrococcygeal region
5．The shoulder region
（1）The basic methods
（2）The localized methods
a）l he anterior aspect of Ihe shoUldcr
b）The lop of the shoulder
C）The back of the shoulder
d）The scapular region
e）Therapy tbr periarth ritis of the shoulder
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Exercise Therapy