Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3455 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-31
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Synopsis
The Concise Book of Muscles has been written for the student and early practitioner of anatomy, massage / bodywork, physical therapy, chiropractic, medicine, physiotherapy, or any other health-related field. Containing full-colour illustrations, it is a compact reference guide, clearly identifying all the major muscles, showing the origin, insertion, action, and innervation of each muscle. The book also uniquely illustrates examples of stretching and strengthening exercises for each muscle, allowing the reader to develop an understanding of the mechanics of movement.

From the Publisher
Also now available in the same series: The Concise Book of Trigger Points (Simeon Niel-Asher) and The Concise Book of the Moving Body (Chris Jarmey with Tom Myers). All books complement each other, and at the same price point.

Customer Reviews

Mr Muscle!
Recommended by my massage tutor as a book to be used in addition to the coursework book (which was good as well) As other reviews technically brill with large pictures excellent text with all details required to learn the various muscles of the body, their functions and uses
All I have to do now is take all this information in! (my brain hurts!)
Enjoy!

A good but basic book
This book is a good but very basic book. For the major muscles it lists origin, insertion, innervation and basic functional movement. It adds stretching and strengthening for some muscles too. The pictures are mostly very clear and understandable. However, I feel that it lacks considerable detail and, in some cases, significant muscles.

For physiotherapy and medical students this book may be an adequate intro into basic anatomy. For more depth I would suggest Gray's anatomy for students (Drake et al).

Having said that it is not an expensive book and therefore may suit the student budget!

clear but incomplete
This book was recommended for my ITEC holistic massage course.
Overall: simple, clear book, good to start with but not a comprehensive resource and you will need another book/other resource to get all the info you need for the course on muscles. Good for a beginner and if bought with the view of starting out learning muscles. Nice and gentle!

There are a lot of muscles to learn and the way this is set out is very easy to read, well laid out and helpfully in colour. My only issues with the book were firstly the limited muscles covered (a significant number of the muscles covered in the course are missing) and those that are covered are sometimes grouped together making it rather hard to recognise each separate one.
Also the lack of labeling for the orientation of the diagrams: it doesn't tell you how you're viewing the 'body' eg. from the back, front, side etc which i would've found helpful and at times vital!
On an up note, it does label a vast quantity of bones needed for the course too.