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Founded and developed by Korean-born Tina Sohn, Amma Therapy is a highly refined and complex system of bodywork whose techniques and treatment strategies combine the use of traditional Oriental medical principles with a Western approach to aid in the healing of organ dysfunctions. 180 illustrations.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Faye N. Schenkman, Academic Dean of the Amma Therapy Program, New Center College for Wholistic Health Education and Research
Preface: The Origins of Amma Therapy in America
by Linda Saslow
Part One: The Philosophy 1 What is Amma Therapy?
2 The Development of Wholistic Heath Care
3 The Homeodynamic Model
4 Nutrition: Evolution, Theory, and Practice
Part Two: The Principles 5 The Fundamentals
6 The Anatomy of Energy
7 Oriental Physiology
8 Methods of Diagnosis
Part Three: The Making of an Amma Therapist 9 The Development of the Amma Therapist
10 The Development of Sensitivity, Strength, and Palpatory Skills
11 The Importance of T'ai Chi Chuan to Amma Therapy
12 Ethics and the Amma Therapist
13 The Basic Amma Therapy Treatment
Part Four: Applied Amma Therapy 14 Amma Therapy Assessment and Diagnosis
15 General Treatment for Revitalizing and Balancing the Body
16 Treatment for Stiff Neck with Shoulder Pain
17 Treatment for Lower Back Pain
18 Treatment for the Common Cold
19 Treatment for Indigestion
20 Treatment for Constipation
21 Treatment for Diarrhea
22 Treatment for Headaches
23 Treatment for Premenstrual Syndrome
24 Treatment for Hypertension
Appendix
Suggested Reading
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Born into one of the eight hundred traditional ruling families of Korea, Tina Sohn (1943–2007) came from a line of Oriental physicians and masters of the martial arts. Legendary for her intuitive ability to sense and cure disease, she instructed others in the healing arts for over twenty-five years.
Robert Sohn (1939–1997) used his life's studies in Eastern and Western philosophies and medicine to help engineer the development of the wholistic health movement in America. He was founder and former president of the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and in 1986 was awarded the honor of Acupuncturist of the year.
In 1976 Robert and Tina Sohn founded the Wholistic Health Center in Manhasset, New York, one of the largest wholistic health centers in the United States. In 1981 they founded the New Center for Wholistic Health Education and Research, now a state-accredited college of wholistic medicine. Located in Syosset, New York, the New Center College serves as a model for wholistic health care and a school for future generations of wholistic practitioners.
Summary
The word Amma, which means "push-pull" in Chinese, was applied to a form of Oriental massage dating back five thousand years to the period of the Yellow Emperor. Founded and developed by Korean-born Tina Sohn, Amma Therapy is a highly refined and complex system of bodywork whose techniques and treatment strategies combine the use of traditional Oriental medical principles and a Western approach to organ dysfunction. It utilizes a variety of techniques, sometimes paralleling those found in major forms of therapeutic massage, as well as powerful new points discovered by Tina Sohn.
• This revised and enlarged edition now serves as a textbook for bodyworkers.
• Accompanied by extensive illustrations and twenty detailed treatments for a variety of common medical conditions, this teaching guide explains and demonstrates the proper execution of Amma Therapy techniques applied directly to the physical body.
• Includes nutritional and exercise recommendations providing a remarkably holistic guide for practitioners and students in all fields of bodywork.
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"Amma Therapy presents Oriental medical theory in a clear and logical manner, detailing its philosophical and physiological bases from Eastern and Western points of view. It also gives a philosophical overview of wholistic health care and contrasts it to the Western scientific 'disease-care' system. A section on professional development, which is emphasized in the Sohns' program, includes a beautiful description of the stages of proprioceptive sensitivity that are available to the dedicated therapist. A detailed protocol addresses hand strengthening, full-body conditioning, and training in proper body alignment. In addition, the book examines ethical behavior, a timely subject for our profession."
