INTRODUCTION
PART I. MEDICAL MASSAGE FOR VISCERAL DISORDERS
1. REFLEX MECHANISMS OF MEDICAL MASSAGE
2. EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH INNER ORGAN DISORDERS
A. FIRST IMPRESSION
B. CLINICAL INTERVIEW
C. CLINICAL EVALUATION OF REFLEX ZONES
D. FORMULATION OF MEDICAL MASSAGE PROTOCOL
3. MEDICAL MASSAGE IN CASES OF INNER ORGAN DISORDERS
4. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF VISCERAL MASSAGE
A. ABDOMEN AND ABDOMINAL CAVITY
B. DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
C. VISCERAL MASSAGE
5. PROTOCOL OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE
PART II. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
1. ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
A. HEART
B. VASCULAR DYNAMIC
C. PERIPHERAL RESISTANCE
2. TREATMENT OF CARDIAC DISORDERS
A. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
B. REFLEX MASSAGE THERAPY
1. Connective Tissue Massage
2. Segment-Reflex Massage
3. Periostal Massage
4. Postisometric Muscular Relaxation
5. Lymph-Drainage Massage
3. CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
A. CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
1. Angina Pectoris
2. Myocardial Infarction
3. Postsurgical Rehabilitation of Cardiac Patients
B. MYOCARDITIS. CARDIOMYOPATHY
C. CARDIAC ARRHYTMIA
D. ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
E. HYPOTENSION.
F. DISORDERS OF ARTERIAL CIRCULATION
G. VENOUS DISORDERS
PART III. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
1. ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDRATIONS
A. THORACIC CAGE
B. THORACIC CAVITY
C. RESPIRATORY MUSCLES
D. RESPIRATORY CYCLE
E. REGULATION AND CONTROL RESPIRATION
F. VENTILATION-PERFUSION BALANCE
2. TREATMENT OF PULMONARY DISORDERS
A. OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISORDERS
B. RESTRICTIVE PULMONARY DISORDERS
C. EFFECT OF MASSAGE ON PULMONARY DISORDERS
D. MEDICAL MASSAGE FOR PULMONARY DISORDERS
E. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
F. PERCUSSION MASSAGE
G. ACCELERATION OF PULMONARY DRAINAGE
H. REFLEX MASSAGE THERAPY
1. Connective Tissue Massage
2. Segment-Reflex Massage
3. Periostal Massage
4. Asymmetric Segment-Reflex Massage
5. Lymph-Drainage Massage
3. PULMONARY DISORDERS
A. SINUSITIS
B. PHARYNGITIS. TONSILLITIS
C. BRONCHITIS
D. PNEUMONIA
E. BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
F. EMPHYSEMA
G. PLEURISY
H. PULMONARY FIBROSIS
PART IV. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
1. ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
A. GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
B. HEPATO-PANCREATIC SYSTEM
2. GASTRO-DUODENAL DISORDERS
A. GASTRITIS AND PEPTIC ULCERS
1. Therapeutic Massage
2. Reflex Massage Therapy
a. Connective tissue massage
b. Segment-reflex massage
c. Periostal massage
d. Ice-massage
3. Visceral Massage
4. Treatment of Heartburn
3. INTESTINAL DISORDERS
A. CROHN'S DISEASE
1. Therapeutic Massage
2. Reflex Massage Therapy
a. Connective tissue massage
b. Segment-reflex massage
c. Periostal massage
3. Lymph-Drainage Massage
4. Visceral Massage
B. ULCERATIVE COLITIS
C. CONSTIPATION
D. INTESTINAL COLIC OF INFANTS
E. ILEUS
4. DISORDERS OF THE HEPATO-PANCREATIC SYSTEM
A. HEPATITIS AND CIRRHOSIS
1. Therapeutic Massage
2. Reflex Massage Therapy
a. Connective tissue massage
b. Segment-reflex massage
c. Periostal massage
3. Lymph-Drainage Massage
4. Visceral Massage
B. CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS. DYSKINESIA OF BILIARY TRACT
C. CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
D. DIABETES MELLITUS
PART V. UROGENITAL SYSTEM
1. ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
2. TREATMENT OF DISORDERS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
A. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
B. REFLEX MASSAGE THERAPY
1. Connective Tissue Massage
2. Segment-Reflex Massage
3. Periostal Massage
3. DISORDERS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
A. CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
B. NEPHROPTOSIS OR FLOATING KIDNEY
C. STRESS INCONTINENCE SYNDROME
4. DISORDERS OF GENITAL SYSTEM. PREGNANCY
A. DYSMENORRHEA
1. Therapeutic Massage
2. Reflex Massage Therapy
a. Connective tissue massage
b. Segment-reflex massage
c. Periostal massage
B. ENDOMETRIOSIS
C. OOPHORITIS. SALPINGITIS
D. PREGNANCY E. MASSAGE FOR BREAST-FEEDING MOTHERS
F. MENOPAUSE
G. PROSTATITIS. PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
PART VI. MEDICAL MASSAGE IN DERMATOLOGY
1. ANATOMO-PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
2. DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF PATIENT'S SOFT TISSUES
3. DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS
A. NEURODERMATITIS. ATOPIC DERMATITIS
B. PSORIASIS
C. SCLERODERMA
D. LUPUS
E. CELLULITE
F. SCAR MANAGEMENT
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