NO HANDS Massage

"WOW! Congratulations Gerry. You have done magnificent service. This book belongs on the bedside of every Bodyworker no matter what form their Bodywork takes."

Don McFarland (creator of "Body Harmony")

In his book, "The Principles and Practice of NO HANDS Massage – zero strain Bodywork", author Gerry Pyves introduces an approach that is designed to take all the strain out of your bodywork. This book is a true Massage classic written by one of the UK’s most experienced clinicians. He explains what he believes are the seven postural keys behind all powerful Massage. The unique exercises he has used to train over a thousand Massage therapists are described in clear detail so you can start to use them immediately. Ten of the most powerful NO HANDS strokes are described in great detail. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout with the inspirational drawings of renowned artist, John Coombes.

"There are few health care professions in which wear-and-tear more rapidly manifests itself than in those offering therapeutic massage. Whilst some of this damage may occur through inappropriate self-use, poor posture and inappropriate body mechanics, there is also evidence to show that the practice of massage has changed quite radically since it was first developed by Per Henrik Ling, and that it is these changes which are also causing injury. The rate of attrition is very high...

"The solutions described in this book are not evolutionary; they are revolutionary..., since they remove the hands from much of the labour to which they are subjected in standard massage and bodywork environments. The author describes his personal experience of an overused and painful wrist, an experience which has led him to evolve, over a period of years, a series of answers to the damage and injury problems experienced by bodywork therapists.

"These answers are not only sensible but are also essentially practical...The new form of bodywork offers a way for the practitioner to achieve all the effects of the five traditional Swedish movements of Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Vibration and Tappotment, without any of the strain inherent in the techniques as codified by Per Henrik Ling over 200 years ago."

Leon Chaitow, (author of Soft Tissue Manipulation and Palpatory Literacy)

 

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