About the Book
The third edition of Facilitated Stretching is now revised,
reorganized, and packaged with a DVD-surpassing its popular
predecessor as the best source for the latest PNF (proprioceptive
neuromuscular facilitation) stretching techniques.
Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, provides a useful overview
of PNF stretching-a safe and easy-to-use method that involves
stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against
resistance, then stretching it again to a new range of motion. These
steps apply whether you are isolating one muscle at a time or using
the spiral-diagonal patterns of PNF to stretch groups of muscles
simultaneously. The third edition contains all the great features of
the previous edition, plus the following:
- A companion DVD that demonstrates live stretching techniques from
the book for a clearer understanding
- New stretching routines for a variety of popular activities
including running, golf, swimming, cycling, and throwing and racket
sports
- General stretches and stretches for older participants
- Stretching activities with added strength work using stability balls and elastic bands
- Stretching and strengthening tips for dealing with-and even preventing-common soft-tissue injuries
The new edition has also been reorganized using a regional approach
to presenting muscle group functions around specific joints. You will
learn how to stretch each major muscle in the body, both individually
and in groups. In addition, you will discover how to appropriately use
group pattern stretches to improve flexibility and coordination and
individual muscle stretches to relax tight muscles and break up
adhesions within or between muscles. Instruction is provided for using
the techniques on your own or with a partner.
More than 350 photographs showing the progression of stretches
enrich the book while the new 60-minute DVD demonstrates the stretches
and strengthening exercises in even more detail. Icons are featured
throughout the text, indicating which exercises are demonstrated on
the DVD. A unique binding also allows you to lay the book flat while
performing the exercises without losing your place. The DVD serves as
a great visual tool for improving your technique and getting the most
out of your routines.
An ideal reference for fitness professionals, Facilitated
Stretching, Third Edition, provides techniques to help athletes,
patients, and clients improve flexibility, strength, and coordination
while also treating and preventing injuries. Students in massage
therapy, athletic training, and other professional training programs
will discover how to use facilitated stretching in conjunction with
massage and other manual therapy techniques. A test package is also
available for instructors and is conveniently offered through a
product-specific Web site:
www.HumanKinetics.com/FacilitatedStretching.
With Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, you have a cutting-edge
tool packed with the latest PNF stretching techniques to help you
assess current muscle function, improve range of motion, increase
strength, reduce overuse injuries, and enhance performance.
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About the Authors
Robert McAtee, BA, LMT, CSCS, C-PT has been a sport massage
therapist since 1981, specializing in sport and orthopedic massage
therapy. Since 1988 he has maintained an active, international sport
massage practice in Colorado Springs, CO.
McAtee has been using facilitated stretching techniques with
clients and athletes since 1986. He teaches facilitated stretching and
sport massage seminars throughout the United States and
internationally to massage therapists, athletic trainers, personal
trainers, chiropractors, Olympic-caliber athletes and coaches, and
amateur athletes.
He has been a keynote speaker and featured presenter at numerous
national and international conventions. He was one of only 180 massage
therapists selected from a field of 800 applicants to be on the
medical services team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,
Georgia.
McAtee received his massage training at the Institute for
Psycho-Structural Balancing (IPSB) in Los Angeles and San Diego
(1981-82) and through the Sports Massage Training Institute (SMTI) in
Costa Mesa, California (1986). He holds a BA in Psychology from
California State University (1974), is Nationally Certified in
Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (1992), is a Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist (1998), and an ACE-certified personal trainer
(2006).
McAtee regularly presents workshops on facilitated stretching,
massage, and soft-tissue injury care nationally and
internationally. For more information, please contact him at
Pro-Active Massage Therapy
1119 N. Wahsatch Ave., Suite 1
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
USA
Tel: 719-475-1172
Website: www.stretchman.com
Jeff Charland, PT, ATC, CSCS, GDMT, was a 1983 graduate of the
University of Wisconsin at Madison physical therapy program, where he
also competed as a varsity wrestler on a scholarship. Beginning in
1987, Charland lectured in the areas of sports medicine,
rehabilitation, and assessment and treatment of neural tissue
disorders. He was a team trainer and traveled internationally with the
U.S. Judo and U.S. Wrestling Federations' national and Olympic
teams.
Charland completed the graduate program in manipulative therapy at
Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, under the direction of
Bob Elvey, a world-renowned physiotherapist. He was a certified
athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers' Association
(NATA) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS)
through the NSCA. In 1997, he earned a certification in active release
techniques. He also served as director of a sports physical therapy
clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Charland passed away during the preparation of this third edition.
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What Others Are Saying
"Facilitated Stretching serves the elite athlete and the weekend warrior well. Bob McAtee has worked on my aches and pains a dozen or so times over the years. He's one of the finest!"
Harvey S. Newton, CSCS
Executive Director
National Strength and Conditioning Association (review of previous edition)
"Facilitated Stretching is an excellent contribution to the art and science of manual therapy. Bob McAtee provides a technically sound, easy-to-follow approach to therapeutic muscle stretching. I highly recommend it."
Robert K. King
Founder and President of Chicago School of Massage Therapy
Author of Performance Massage (review of previous edition)
Audiences
Textbook for massage therapy, athletic training, and other related
courses; reference for sports medicine and fitness professionals,
therapists, coaches, and athletes.
Supplementary Instructional Materials
Ancillary materials for Facilitated Stretching, Third Edition, are FREE to course adopters and available at
www.HumanKinetics.com/FacilitatedStretching.
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Publisher:
ISBN: 0736062483
Price USA: $24.95
© 2007