Massage Therapy & Medications:
General Treatment Principles
by Randal Persad, Dip. Pharm., R.M.T.
Soft Cover 8½ x 11
234 pages -- illustrated with diagrams and charts
ISBN 978-0-9685256-2-3
$37.95
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About This Book
Massage therapists have not traditionally been included in the group of health care practitioners expected to know about medications, and massage therapy educators have not tended to provide instruction about drugs and their effects. The fact is, however, that massage practitioners often work with clients who are concurrently taking medications. It is also true that massage therapists are increasingly being asked to treat people who are quite ill and physically vulnerable.
Whether the practitioner's practice is focused on relaxation work, rehabilitating athletic injuries, spa treatments, or any of the other types of therapies in which massage therapists are now trained, when a client is taking medications the treatment plan may need to be significantly modified and the therapist must be aware of potential new factors in the clinical presentation.
Massage Therapy & Medications is a groundbreaking text for massage students and practicing therapists alike. Written by a professional who has trained in both disciplines, this manual provides the basic pharmacology data a massage therapist needs. It includes information about common uses and effects of drugs, implications of how medications are administered, and client safety guidelines to incorporate into everyday practice.
About the Author
Randal (Randy) Persad graduated as a pharmacist from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago campus, in 1986. He worked as a pharmacist and as a medical representative for a leading pharmaceutical company. When he moved to Canada a few years later, Randy encountered jurisdictional controls in pharmacy and decided instead to pursue his life-long interest in massage. He returned to school and completed the 2-year program at the Sutherland-Chan School & Teaching Clinic in Toronto. He became a registered massage therapist in 1991, and over the next few years built a private practice and worked at Sutherland-Chan as a teaching assistant and clinic supervisor.
In 1996 Randy relocated to British Columbia. At that time B.C.'s massage therapy program was expanding to 3 years (3000 hours), and Randy was asked to help develop the province's new Massage and Medications curriculum requirement. He also created an accredited continuing education workshop on the same topic for practicing therapists. Currently Randy maintains a private practice and teaches in several locations. His company, Persad & Associates, provides continuing education workshops for massage therapists and educational consulting for massage programs. e-mail the author or visit his website www.massageandmeds.com
