Self-Massage for the Outdoors: A Field Guide for Pain-Relief, Injury-Prevention, and Recovery

Are you an active hiker, backpacker, trail runner, wildland firefighter, military, or outdoor enthusiast who is looking for a better way to recover and continue to perform at your best?

Self-Massage for the Outdoors is designed as a field guide for those who are active and away from their foam rollers and tools and need effective techniques to work on themselves. Inside you will find useful hands-on strategies for reducing pain, preventing injury, and enhancing recovery using massage, movement, and recovery techniques.

Integral content is centered around detailed descriptions with photographs showing deep tissue massage, trigger point, joint mobilization, acupressure, stretching, and primal postures. The techniques are specifically designed to help offer increased recovery by way of better circulation, decreasing tension, enhancing sleep and recovery time, and reducing aches and pain so you can perform at your highest level when you need it most.

4 main techniques are used for the whole body starting from the feet and ending at the head. Joint mobilization, deep tissue massage, acupressure, and stretching are used in combination with each other for optimal healing and recovery. By using these methods one can experience decreased muscle tension, joint restrictions, and fascial adhesions that are held in the body after repetitive activity. High-quality photographs showcase each of the techniques used in the field without the need for an in-depth knowledge of anatomy.

Self-Massage for the Outdoors offers the skills and instruction necessary to those who are looking for effective strategies to add to their recovery regimen while away from home. Purchase today to get started!