Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

Protect Your Most Valuable Assets – Your Hands, Your Health and Your Career

The #1 Bestselling Resource for Massage Therapists, Physical Therapists, and other Manual Therapy Professionals

Why Every Manual Therapist Needs This Book

Manual therapy is physically and emotionally demanding work that puts practitioners at risk for career-threatening injuries. But injury is not inevitable.
Save Your Hands! provides proven, evidence-based strategies to protect your body, enhance your practice, and extend your career. This essential resource has become the gold standard for injury prevention in manual therapy education and professional practice.

Elevate Your Curriculum

Prepare your students for long, sustainable careers by incorporating

Save Your Hands! into your required reading. This comprehensive guide has been incorporated into curricula at hundreds of schools worldwide. It addresses:

Research-backed injury prevention strategies

Detailed ergonomic principles specific to manual therapy settings

Career longevity planning that begins in training

Practical self-care practices students can implement immediately

Institutional Packages Available

Bulk discounts for classroom adoption

Instructor resources and teaching aids

Curriculum integration support

For Practicing Professionals

Safeguard Your Career

Studies of injury among manual therapists show up to 77% get injured during their careers. These work-related musculoskeletal injury, and many leave the profession prematurely as a result. Save Your Hands! offers essential, practical solutions to help you:

Modify 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 wellbeing

Develop a personalized self-care regimen designed specifically for manual therapists

Learn about early intervention if injury does happen, to get you back to work as quickly as possible

Continuing Education Courses Available

Transform your practice while earning required CEUs. Our companion courses

are approved for continuing education credits 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! Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

This richly illustrated, accessible and easy to read book provides:

Ergonomic Treatment Space Design: Create an efficient, therapist-friendly workspace
Alternative Techniques: Protect vulnerable body parts while maintaining effectiveness
Body Mechanics: Work with less physical stress and greater comfort
Conditioning Program: Tailored exercises for the unique demands of manual therapy
Early Intervention: Recognize and address symptoms before they lead to injury
Career Sustainability: Strategies for practice longevity and professional fulfillment

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, occupational therapy, athletic training, chiropractic, osteopathic medicine and other practitioners.

Testimonials

I wish my school would have suggested I read this. Extremely informative! I recommend students read this before entering the work force so they can become properly physically prepared. Especially if you intend to work for a well-scheduled clinic, the amount of physical strain you will put on your body by jumping into a regular schedule, rather than gradually building up, could put you at risk for injury. Ensure your well-being in the workplace by reading this book!

Janice S. of Chicagoland Area

Topics covered in this book include: making a healthy career in massage, why do massage therapists get injured?, understanding the injury process, common injuries sustained by massage therapists, preventing injury by changing your approach to massage, preventing injury by changing specific massage techniques, exercises and stretches for the massage therapist, treatment, and (re)designing your life and work to prevent injury. Includes helpful appendices.Illustrated with photos and diagrams.

Alison H.

Save Your Hands! now has a totally new 2nd Edition that's been greatly expanded and updated. The first edition helped me a lot as a massage therapist, but the 2nd Edition is even better. It's twice as long and has much more information on less-stressful techniques, body mechanics and ergonomics. It's also now very professionally laid-out and illustrated. I really recommend it, even if you already have the 1st edition, because the 2nd edition is like a totally new book.
Save Your Hands!: The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists

Liza P.

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For Practitioners:

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