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SUCCESS! in Massage Therapy, 4/E
Jane S. Garofano, Ph.D., NCTMB, Owner/Director of the JSG School of Massage Therapy

ISBN-10: 0131743988
ISBN-13: 9780131743984

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 416 pp
Published: 03/07/2007

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SUCCESS!  in massage Therapy 4th Ed. has been designed and revised according to the guidelines of the National Certification for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCTMB) exam, which is administered throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. This review book enables the applicant to review relevant material while becoming familiar with the types of questions given on the exam. Each question has one answer and a brief explanation with references provided at the end of the book. The questions are divided into five chapters that cover many areas of Therapeutic Bodywork and correlate to the NTCMB exam content areas outlined in the NCTMB or for the Therapeutic Massage Specific exam (NCETM). The questions and answers for Bodywork are located in a separate chapter to omit for those taking the massage specific exam. The content is divided into Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology; Pathology; Therapeutic Massage Bodywork, Assessment, and Application; and Professional Standards, Ethics, and Business Practices, for a total of 1000 questions. Within these content areas, topics relevant to Western and non-Western massage and bodywork modalities as well as ethics and clinical pathology are included.

  • Content Review: Key Topics covered on the NCTMB are covered in this book. This book has been designed to help the student review massage therapy and bodywork together.

 

 

  • Practice Exams: Two Comprehensive Simulated Practice tests with 150 questions each, is included at the end of the book.

 

  • CD-ROM: The accompanying CD provides 300 practice multiple-choice questions and a glossary to help the student learn definitions of key terms. Two tests each contain 150 questions based on the content code and their percentages as outlined in the NCTMB Candidate Handbook.

Preface

 

Introduction

 

Acknowledgements

 

Reviewers

 

Part I  Review of Massage and Bodywork

 

  1. Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology and Pathology of Body Systems   
  2. Pathology
  3. History, Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Assessment                               
  4. Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Application
  5. Ethics, Professional Standards, Business and Legal Practices

 

Part II  Massage and Bodywork Questions, Answers and Rationale

 

  1. Anatomy, Physiology, Kinesiology of Body Systems 300 Questions
  2. Pathology 300 Questions
  3. Therapeutic Massage Assessment and Application 300 Questions
  4. Ethics, Professional Standards, Business and Legal Practice 100 Questions
  5. Western and Eastern Bodywork 100 Questions

 

Part III  Comprehensive Simulated Exams and Answer Keys

 

  1. NCETMB
  2. NCETM

 

 

Part IV 

 

References

Glossary

 

 

Part V  Appendices

 

  1. State Massage Licensing Laws
  2. Massage and Bodywork Organizations and Publications

 

Jane S. Garofano, PhD, NCTMB is the Owner and Director of the JSG School of Massage Therapy and is a Retired Professor of Biological Sciences at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey. She recieved her B.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson, her M.S. from Fairleigh Dickinson and her Ph.D from New York University, Institute of Environmental Medicine. She is also the author of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork: Quick Review Book.

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