{"product_id":"tui-na-a-manual-of-chinese-massage-therapy-by-sarah-pritchard","title":"Tui Na: A Manual of Chinese Massage Therapy by Sarah Pritchard","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive handbook for students and practitioners, this book explains the roots of Tui na and provides detailed instruction on the massage techniques, their clinical applications and the principles of practice. It also includes guidance on diagnosis, and on planning and tailoring treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description product-description\" data-model=\"XLite\\Model\\Product\" data-identifier=\"38748\" data-property=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\u003ch1\u003eTui na\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-subtitle\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Manual of Chinese Massage Therapy\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contributors\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003eSarah Pritchard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"short-description\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThe definitive handbook for students and practitioners, this book explains the roots of Tui na and provides detailed instruction on the massage techniques, their clinical applications and the principles of practice. It also includes guidance on diagnosis, and on planning and tailoring treatments.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral box-description\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; opacity: 1!important;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eTui na: The Chinese Massage Manual\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive and well established handbook for students and practitioners of Tui na in the West. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe author describes the roots and development of Tui na, how it works therapeutically with the context of Chinse medicine, and how to become an effective Tui na practitioner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book contains detailed and clearly illustrated descriptions of Tui na techniques, how to practice them, their clinical applications and therapeutic effects. Foundation area routines are provided to support the development and fluidity of manual skills and to give an initial structure for building treatments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book has a unique approach to creating and planning Tui na treatments. Avoiding the prescriptive approach usually employed, the author discusses the principles of practice and enables the student practitioner to make choices and formulate treatments by bringing together their knowledge and skills. Frameworks are provided, and techniques, methods and approaches suggested for presenting patterns of disharmony within the treatment of common ailments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book features\u003cbr\u003e\n- Over 120 photographs clearly illustrating the techniques\u003cbr\u003e\n- THe application of the ancillary therapies of cupping, gua sha and moxibustion\u003cbr\u003e\n- The application of external herbal media\u003cbr\u003e\n- `Tips for Practice' easy reference to support the learning of techniques\u003cbr\u003e\n- Case histories illustrating the treatment of common clinical ailments\u003cbr\u003e\n- Treatment foundation area routines\u003cbr\u003e\n- Yin and yang styles of practice\u003cbr\u003e\n- Demonstration of how to combine Tui na and acupuncture in practice\u003cbr\u003e\n- a related series of videos (available online) showing how to apply all the major techniques\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral box-authors\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; opacity: 1!important;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eBy (author): Sarah Pritchard\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral box-resources\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eResources\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; opacity: 1!important;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe videos which accompany this book, including the video sequences of all the techniques indicated in the text by the DVD icon, can be downloaded here. Each is listed by page number and the name of the technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe videos are all in a Zip file which is quite big so may take some time to download. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/singingdragon.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/Resources\/2015\/pritchard-978-1-84819-269-0\/Videos.zip\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(9, 52, 122);\"\u003eVideos Zip file\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Singing Dragon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459801104540,"sku":"SD253","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/2407\/0044\/files\/tui_20na_20singing_20dragon_20sarah_20pritchard.jpg?v=1787459506","url":"https:\/\/primenaturalfoods.ca\/products\/tui-na-a-manual-of-chinese-massage-therapy-by-sarah-pritchard","provider":"Prime Natural Foods","version":"1.0","type":"link"}