A Modern Day Guide To Massage For Children By Tina Allen (2014-05-03)

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In A Modern Day Guide to Massage for Children, award winning author, international lecturer and authority on pediatric massage, Tina Allen, provides families and professionals with a beautifully illustrated, easy to follow guide to incorporating nurturing touch into the lives of children. With Allen's innovatively designed book, we have at our fingertips, safe, simple tips and techniques for addressing child development, health and common childhood discomforts from improving sleep to comforting growing pains. The variety of interactive rhymes, stories and massage routines opens the door for nurturing connection, while Amelia Gutierrez' whimsical, yet sophisticated illustrations will appeal to readers of all ages. FOREWORD (partial) by Robert D. Sheeler, M.D. Mayo Clinic Evolving research continues to show substantial health and emotional benefits from touch, physical nurturance and closeness for everyone from premature infants to the elderly. In the United States our society is mor