Job's body : a handbook for bodywork / Deane Juhan ; foreword by Ken Dychtwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juhan, Deane, author.

Contributor:

Dychtwald, Ken, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human physiology.

Manipulation (Therapeutics).

Massage--Popular Works.

Massage.

Mind and body.

Touch--Therapeutic use.

Touch.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (870 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Barrytown, New York : Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc., [2003]

Summary:

Possibly the most famous and widely used resource in therapeutic bodywork, this beautifully written, detailed and reader-friendly picture of how and why the body responds to touch is both scientifically reliable and inspiring. Furthering the presentation of recent research in biochemistry, cell biology and energy medicine in the Second Edition, this new and greatly expanded edition includes advances in neurophysiology and physics, reconfiguring knowledge of mind and body, from microgenesis to quantum consciousness. A rare book, required reading for national massage therapy certification, that

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; A PHENOMENON NEEDING EXPLANATION; THE TERM "BODYWORK"; A BRIEF HISTORY; WHAT CAN BODYWORK DO?; ORGANIZING MIND; SENSORIMOTOR EDUCATION AND SELF-AWARENESS; 1 Job's Dilemma; THE OLD STORY; THE DILEMMA TODAY; CONFRONTING OUR FLESH; 2 Skin; THE OPEN BARRIER; SKIN AS SENSE ORGAN; SKIN AS SURFACE OF THE BRAIN; TOUCH AS FOOD; HARLOW'S MONKEYS; FREUDIAN CONFUSIONS; TOUCH AND DISPOSITION; CONCLUSIONS; 3 Connective Tissue; WATER BAGS; THE MAIN INGREDIENTS; HYDROGEN BONDING; THE SUPPORTIVE NETWORK

CONNECTIVE TISSUE AS RETORTCONNECTIVE TISSUE AS ORGAN; THERAPEUTIC MANIPULATION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE; 4 Bone; BEDROCK; THE INGREDIENTS OF BONE; BONE FORMATION; BONE GROWTH; BONES AND THE BODY; 5 Muscle; THE LARGEST ORGAN; THE DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL TISSUE; ONE MUSCLE, MANY COMPARTMENTS; TENSION AND RELEASE: THE SOL/GEL OF MUSCLE; MYOFIBRILS; Myosin and Actin; HUXLEY'S RATCHET THEORY; THE CALCIUM ION; ATP; The Krebs Cycle; THE FENN EFFECT; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; MUSCULAR ORGANIZATION; THE NERVE-MUSCLE PARTNERSHIP; TONE; "VOLUNTARY" MUSCLE; 6 Nerve; THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE FRAMEWORK

PERIPHERAL AND CENTRALACTION POTENTIALS; IMPULSE SUMMATION; NEURAL "ELECTRICITY"; CENTRIPETAL AND CENTRIFUGAL FLOW; THE INTERNUNCIAL NET; THE EVOLUTION OF NEUROMUSCULAR ORGANIZATION; ASCENDING LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION; FURTHER ENCEPHALIZATION; DESCENDING MOTOR PATHWAYS; Multineuronal; ASCENDING SENSORY PATHWAYS; DESCENDING SENSORY PATHWAYS; 7 Muscle As Sense Organ; SENSATIONLESS?; NERVES SURROUNDED BY MUSCLE; MOVEMENT AND SENSATION; The Kinesthetic Sense; BODYWORK AND THE SENSATIONS OF MOVEMENT; MUSCULAR SENSATIONS; The Muscle Spindle; GOLGI TENDON ORGANS; THE GOLGI REFLEX ARC

THE SILENT SOUNDSSIMPLE REFLEXES; THE WITHDRAWAL REFLEX; LEARNED REFLEXES; ALPHA-GAMMA INTEGRATION; The Gamma Loop; "NEW" BRAIN AND "OLD" BRAIN; The Reticular Formation; The Basal Ganglia; THE ORCHESTRATION OF MUSCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLING TONE; ADDING THE OLD TO THE NEW; ACQUIRING REFLEXES; DANGERS; THE CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLAR ACTIVITY; 8 The Sense of Effort; THE NUMB THUMB; GAUGING EFFORT; PHYSICAL EFFORT; PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFORT; THE AESTHETICS OF EFFORT; PRECISION OF EFFORT; EFFORT AND VALUE; 9 Sensory Engrams; SIGNATURES; ORGANIZING MOTOR PERFORMANCE; THE ENGRAM

ENGRAMS AND ACQUIRED REFLEXESCOUNTER-PRODUCTIVE ENGRAMS; TRAUMATIC ENGRAMS; GENERALIZED ENGRAMS; BODYWORK AS ENGRAM; 10 Movements Toward Disease and Movements Toward Health; MAKING AN EFFORT; VOLUNTARY BEHAVIOR; THE EXPERIENCE OF DR. SACKS; "VOLUNTARY" AND "AUTONOMIC"; The Autonomic Nervous System; MEDITATION AND AUTONOMIC RESPONSE; LEARNING TO BE SICK; STRESS; THE PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; Development of the Pituitary/Adrenal Axis; INTERRUPTING VICIOUS CIRCLES; TOUCH, STRESS, AND MODERN MAN; PAIN; 11 Further Views at the Turn of the Century; A NEW PHYSIOLOGY; DOUBLE BINDS IN THE BODYMIND

CONNECTIVE TISSUE: A CELL BIOLOGIST'S INSIGHTS

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781581771473

1581771479

OCLC:

902677949