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This article is from the [alt.backrubs] Frequently Asked Questions, posted to alt.backrubs newsgroup. Maintained by Jamie Blustein with numerous contributions by others.

2.3 Where can I read about massage techniques?

_The Massage Book_ by George Downing (and illustrated by Anne Kent Rush) is highly and frequently recommended. It has been co-published by Bodyworks and Random House with ISBN 0-394-70770-2 (paper) since 1972. The trade edition is reported to have ISBN 0-394-48241-7.

Keith Grant recommends _The Complete Book of Massage_ by Clare Maxwell-Hudson (Random House, 1988) and _The Book of Massage: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Eastern and Western Techniques_ by Lucinda Liddel with Sara Thomas, Carola Beresford Cooke and Anthony Porter (A Fireside Book published by Simon and Schuster, 1984).

The FAQL maintainer thinks _The Back Rub Book: How to give and receive great back rubs_ by Anne Kent Rush (A Vintage Book published by Random House, 1989/ISBN 0-394-75962-1) and _The Massage Book_ are great.

The alt.backrubs archive (see question 5.1.2) contains detailed recommendations for these and other books as well as much advice for novice and experienced massagers. The archive category `Getting Started' contains basic advice about massage techniques. The archive also contains suggestions for videos, journals and specific magazine articles.

The alt.romance FAQL contains some advice about giving some basic massages too. You can find that document in the alt.romance newsgroup and at the rtfm.mit.edu FTP site in pub/usenet-by-group/alt.romance. See question 5.2 for information about FTP and the rtfm.mit.edu site in particular.

 

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