Thai Massage Dissected

Natasha de Grunwald
Handspring Publishing
192 pages
ISBN: 978-1913426118
May 2021

Thai Massage Dissected is aimed at massage therapists, yoga teachers, physiotherapists, osteopaths and all manual therapists who want to expand their therapeutic approach and are curious to learn about the body from a Thai anatomy and dissection perspective. Written by a pioneer of Thai massage and bodywork, it discusses the roots of this modality as Buddhist medicine, the five element system, the use of therapeutic herbs and Thai anatomy, while also covering concepts such as proprioception and interoception. There is an additional chapter looking at traditional healthcare practices for women, informed by the author’s time spent with village midwives on the Thai/Burmese border.