Massage Yourself: Self-massage of muscles, tendons and ligaments

Benjamin, Rowland: - "Rowland Benjamin has worked as an Osteopath for thirty-seven years and in the health and massage field of massage for over forty years. In the late 1970s he established yoga schools in Australia and the U.K and worked with yoga and massage for several years before training as an Osteopath at the N.S.W. College of Natural Therapies and the Pacific College of Osteopathic medicine, Sydney, Australia. He set up his first Osteopathic practice in July 1985 in Sydney, Australia. In 1987 he moved to Liverpool, UK and worked for a year there and used the time for postgraduate studies at The British School of Osteopathy. Rowland started working as a lecturer in 1987 teaching 'Natural medicine' for Liverpool City Council and 'Natural living' at Burton Manor College, Cheshire, U.K. Since then, he has lectured in Alternative medicine, Natural living, Soft tissue technique, Surface anatomy, Transverse friction, Deep tissue massage, Contemporary health issues, Life skills, Hydrotherapy and Advanced massage at various colleges in Perth, Western Australia. During his career as an Osteopath Rowland has worked in Australia and the UK in private practice and as a locum. His first book 'Myofaction - Myofascial Manipulation' was published in 2002 and has sold widely. In 2015 he published 'Safe Stretch' that looked at individual differences and took them into account when prescribing the right stretches. www.safe-stretch.info. Rowland also authors environmental books that use cartoons and the written word to explain and generate greater awareness about the issues www.ecofreakocartoons.comThe author has travelled extensively throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa, North America, Central America and South America. He has worked as an environmental activist and lobbyist for over forty years and currently runs Information for Action. Since 2010 he has been working on the construction of a Permaculture based orchard and nature area in Bridgetown, Western Australia where he resides and practices osteopathy. Progress at Bridgetown Hillside Garden can be viewed at www.bhg.org.au. He continues to practice evidence based and anatomy based manual therapy using self-help systems such as stretching and self-massage to empower his patients."