Structural Balancing has the following unique features to stimulate the learning process:

• Tables summarize important information at a glance.

• Learning Outcomes at the beginning of each chapter show important points for a quick understanding of the chapter’s contents.

• An Overview at the beginning of each chapter provides a glimpse of the chapter’s content.

• Clinical Success stories in Chapters 6 to 10 describe real-life situations and the clinical approaches and applications of the work.

• Full-color photos and illustrations of the featured techniques and body structures enhance the learning experience.

• OIAM charts list the muscle origins, insertions, actions, and myotomes for each major muscle.

• Clinical Notes boxes describe the key elements and pertinent information about the muscles being treated.

• Routine boxes demonstrate client positioning and the proper hand placements for delivering effective clinical massage therapy techniques.

• Stretching exercises at the end of Chapters 6 to 10 illustrate safe and effective stretches for improving flexibility.

• A Brief Summary at the end of each chapter lists key points of the chapter to help students retain what they read.

• Review Questions at the end of each chapter reinforce the concepts.

• Critical-Thinking Questions at the end of Chapters 6 to 10 draw on to the Clinical Success stories and prompt students to consider what they would do in a similar situation.

• The Muscle Index at the end of the book provides a quick reference for finding a specific muscle.

• The hard-bound spiral cover allows the book to lie flat for easy reference while studying or during practical applications.

• The Online Learning Center provides links to supplemental education materials.

The appendixes contain valuable information about the significance of massage and bodywork, chiropractic adjustments, reducing negative thought processes of the mind-body, and stages of rehabilitation, all of which are connected in the healing process. This material will help enhance the student’s awareness and understanding of some relevant disciplines that support the combined overall healing of the mind and body. Additionally, a visual muscle appendix illustrates some of the muscles in different sections of the body to aid in the visual learning process.

The appendixes include:

• Appendix A: Muscles of the Body

• Appendix B: Receptor Tonus Principles and Neurophysiologic Laws

• Appendix C: Agonist, Synergist, and Antagonist

• Appendix D: Chiropractic and Massage: Symbiotic Health Care (Dr. Kelly Huber)

• Appendix E: The Mind-Body Connection (Robert J. Rotella, PhD)

• Appendix F: Proper Stages of Rehabilitation of Injured Soft Tissues

ONLINE LEARNING CENTER (OLC), http://www.mhhe.com/wright

The OLC consists of the Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint presentations, an image bank of all illustrations, and EZ Test for the instructor. McGraw Hill’s EZ Test is a flexible and easy-to-use electronic testing program. The program allows instructors to create tests from book-specific items. It provides a wide range of question types, and instructors can add their own questions as well. Multiple versions of the test can be created, and any test can be exported for use with course-management systems such as WebCT, BlackBoard, or PageOut. EZ Test Online is a new service that gives instructors a place online where they can easily administer EZ Test–created exams and quizzes. The program is available for both PC and Macintosh operating systems.

The OLC also has a student section that consists of PowerPoint presentations, flashcards, and quizzes.