Save Your Hands!
The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention
and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists,
Third Edition
By Lauriann Greene and
Richard W. Goggins, MS, CPE, LMT
with contributions by Janet M. Peterson, DPT, PT
Protect Your Most Valuable Assets: Your Hands,
Your Health and Wellbeing, and Your Career!
The #1 Best-Selling Self-Care Resource
for Massage Therapy and
Manual Therapy Students & Professionals
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"I reference your work a lot in my books!
Great Stuff!"
--Susan Salvo, EdD, BCTMB, LMT
Author, Massage Therapy Principles and Practice
& Mosby's Pathology for Massage Therapists
Why Every Massage Therapist &
Manual Therapist Needs This Book
Massage and Manual therapy are physically and emotionally demanding work that puts practitioners at risk for pain, burnout, and career-threatening injuries.
But injury is not inevitable. Save Your Hands! provides extensively updated, revised, expanded and proven strategies to protect your health, enhance your practice, and extend your career. It helps save your hands, back, neck, shoulders and wellbeing throughout a long career. That's why it's now the gold standard for injury prevention in massage therapy and manual therapy training and professional practice.
Evidence-based injury prevention strategies and advice
Detailed ergonomic principles specific to manual therapy settings
Career longevity planning that begins in training
Practical self-care methods students can implement immediately
Manual Therapy Schools:
Elevate Your Curriculum
Prepare your students for long, sustainable careers by incorporating Save Your Hands! into your required reading. This comprehensive guide and essential resource has been included in curricula at hundreds of schools worldwide for many years. We offer a free teachers' guide and curriculum guides to assist you in using Save Your Hands! to prepare students for a healthy career in a demanding field.
Many schools also recommend the book and carry it in their bookstore (with 40% bulk discount).
Institutional Packages Available
* Bulk discounts for classroom adoption
* Extensive Instructor Guide and teaching aids
* Curriculum integration support
Save Your Hands! Consulting
for Spas, Clinics, Schools and more
Help your treatment staff (your most client-facing personnel) work at their best!
Our staff of expert injury prevention trainers and senior ergonomists work with
employers to train therapists in complete injury prevention strategies, perform
ergonomic assessments of treatment spaces, help management develop protocols and more.
These services have been proven to save employers money by reducing injury rates,
turnover, absenteeism, workers' compensation claims, and improving treatment standards
to better retain clients.
Safeguard Your Career!
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can become chronic if therapists don't incorporate injury prevention and ergonomics tactics early on. No manual therapist wants to leave the profession they love due to a chronic injury after they have invested so much into their manual therapy career.
Modify manual techniques to reduce stress on vulnerable body parts
Understand the many factors in your work that can contribute to musculoskeletal injury
Design an ergonomic treatment space that supports your body mechanics
Develop a personalized self-care and conditioning regimen designed specifically for manual therapists
Learn about early intervention if injury does happen, to get you back to work as quickly as possible.
"I have always considered your book a major contribution to our profession."
-- David Palmer, LMT, Founder of TouchPro International,
hailed as the "Father of Modern Chair Massage"
Continuing Education Courses Available
Transform your practice while
earning required CE credits. Our companion injury prevention
and ergonomics courses are awaiting approval by:
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB)
Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards
Multiple state licensing boards
Various physical therapy continuing education programs
What's Inside Save Your Hands! 3rd Edition
Extensively updated, revised, and expanded, the 3rd Edition is
a richly illustrated, accessible and easy-to-read book that provides:
Ergonomic Treatment Space Design: Create an efficient, therapist-friendly workspace
Alternative Techniques: Protect your vulnerable body parts while maintaining effectiveness
Body Mechanics: Work with less physical stress and greater overall comfort
Conditioning Program: Tailored exercises and stretches for the unique demands of manual therapy
Early Intervention: Address symptoms before they become injuries, and learn how to treat injury if it happens, so you can return quickly to the work you love
Career Sustainability: Self-Care Strategies for practice longevity and professional fulfillment
"This inexpensive softcover book is a good investment. Any professional who does
hands-on treatment should have it on the shelf."
-- Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
For Libraries
An Essential Addition to
Your Health Sciences Collection
Save Your Hands! is a vital resource for:
Allied health programs
Vocational training collections
Professional development sections
Health sciences references
Career guidance resources
This evidence-based text supports multiple disciplines, including massage therapy, physical therapy, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapy, hand therapy, athletic training, chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and other healthcare and allied health practitioners.
√ Add a valuable, multidisciplinary reference to your collection
√ Request a library preview copy
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For Educational Institutions:
Request a review copy of Save Your Hands! 3rd Ed.
Inquire about bulk discounts
Consider requiring and/or recommending the Save Your Hands! textbook for students
Schedule a curriculum integration consultation
For Students and Professional Practitioners:
Purchase Save Your Hands! for the latest career-saving information and as a reference throughout your career
Register for CE courses to protect your health and career
Join our online community of hands-on practitioners
Purchasing Save Your Hands! 3rd Edition is an investment in your most
valuable professional assets: your body, wellness and career.
Don't wait until pain or injury interrupt your career.
Take control of your professional longevity and wellbeing today!
Continuing Education Courses
Transform your practice while
earning required CE credits.
Our companion courses will be approved for continuing education credits by NCBTMB.
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