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Reviews of: The Concise Book of Musclesby Chris Jarmey
Reviews The Concise Book Of Muscles I purchased this book after starting my Anatomy & Physiology course, as I want to study holistic and sports massage after. This is truly a fantastic book and very informative. The detail about the muscles includes the origin and insertion, the actions and also what stretching exercises are used for each muscle. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to do massage or who is currently studying A&P. The illustrations are brilliant and it is very 'user friendly'. The latin names of the muscles are explained and all the body terms are explained in great detail. I have recommended this book to my class and most of them have purchased it and are extremely pleased, and it accompanies us in each of our lessons! Name a muscle and it's there. BRILLIANT! 2008-11-07 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! 2008-01-09 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! 2008-01-04 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. 2007-05-19 The best muscle book I have seen various muscle books that were ok, including Paul Blakey's and Stone's Atlas, but when I found this one I realised that it was what I had been looking for. It is clear, concise and I liked the additional advice on stretching and stenthening. The pictures show exactly the origin and insertion and give extra information such as basic functional movement and sports which commonly use the muscle. A must have book for all Sports masseurs/ physios etc 2006-01-12 |
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