Facilitated Stretching, 5th Edition with online video
PNF Stretching and Strengthening Made Easy
by Robert E. McAtee
About the Book
Explore complex PNF techniques with video demonstrations.
For more than 30 years, Facilitated Stretching has been the most-trusted resource for proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching, an effective and easy-to-use method that involves stretching the muscle, contracting it isometrically against resistance, and then stretching it again to increase range of motion.
The fifth edition includes updated daily flexibility sequences, new partner stretching routines, and new facilitated stretches and variations with photos and video. Positioning Tip sidebars offer guidance on making stretches comfortable for clients. The full-color interior is packed with hundreds of photos and illustrations to make visualizing stretches easy. Online videos demonstrate more than 100 of these stretches to reinforce proper technique for each stretch; there are also videos showing nine sample stretching routines.
As in previous editions, specific routines are included for cycling, golf, running, swimming, ice hockey, and pickleball. The text also includes general stretches for everyday use, plus stretches for those with “rusty hinges.” These ready-made stretching routines make it easy to incorporate facilitated stretching into a workout regimen and take the guesswork out of organizing a stretching routine to match the needs of a specific sport.
Facilitated Stretching, Fifth Edition, provides guidance in the latest PNF stretching techniques to help assess current muscle function, improve range of motion, increase strength, address overuse injuries, and enhance performance.
Earn continuing education credits/units! A continuing education course that uses this book is also available. It may be purchased separately or as part of a package that includes all the course materials and exam.
Note: A code for accessing online videos is included with all print books.
Audience
Resource for sports medicine and fitness professionals—including massage and manual therapists, athletic trainers, personal trainers, and coaches—as well as athletes at all levels; also a textbook for courses in these areas.
About the Author
Robert McAtee, BA, LMT, BCTMB, 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, Colorado.
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.
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) and is Board Certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork (1992). He has been an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association since 1988.
A keynote speaker and featured presenter at numerous national and international conventions, McAtee also regularly presents workshops nationally and internationally on the topics of facilitated stretching, massage, and soft-tissue injury care. For more information, please contact him at:
1119 N. Wahsatch Ave., Suite 1
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 USA
Tel: 719-641-8987
Website: www.stretchman.com
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