Concise and easy to use, this resource provides the pathology knowledge essential to making safe practice decisions in massage therapy. Coverage includes assessments, documentation, intake procedures, medication use, pregnancy massage, geriatric massage, and pathologies organized by body systems accompanied by etiologies, signs and symptoms, and treatment measures as well as massage modifications.

Concepts of health and disease, standard precautions, transmission-based precautions, cleaning and disinfection procedures --Assessment and documentation: client intake, consent, and treatment planning -- Pharmacology and medications -- Dermatologic pathologies, conditions and injuries -- Musculoskeletal pathologies, disorders, and injuries -- Neurologic pathologies and disorders -- Endocrine pathologies -- Cardiovascular pathologies and disorders -- Lymphatic/immune pathologies and conditions -- Respiratory pathologies, disorders, and conditions -- Gastrointestinal pathologies, dysfunctions, and disorders -- Urinary pathologies and disorders -- Reproductive pathologies, conditions and disorders -- Cancer and oncology massage -- Mental disorders and disorders of sleep, anxiety, mood, eating and substance use -- Aging and geriatric massage -- Hospital-based massage therapy.