Fritz, director of the Health Enrichment Center at the School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork in Lapeer, Michigan, offers a highly visual, entry-level book for students and practitioners of massage therapy. The design and plan of the book correspond to the publisher's Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage, also by Fritz. This fourth edition contains increased material on body mechanics, nutrition, career tracks, insurance reimbursement, and complementary techniques. This edition also integrates skills in research literacy, and emphasizes skills necessary to work with supervision within the mainstream healthcare system. Learning features include outlines, key terms, and summaries, plus chapter-ending workbook sections with matching and labeling exercises and exercises in problem-solving and record keeping. Twenty case studies from fitness, sport, spa, and medical settings are provided.