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Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center--Healing the spirit: massage resources

Selected sources at the Williamsburg Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center.

Massage is a technique that can be used as a way to relieve stress, a means to restore the overall feeling of well being, and a way to boost energy levels while in the varying stages of recovery. This resource guide will help you find resources in the library about massage and self-care massage.

I. Books to check out:

To find books that can be checked out, choose the SUBJECT search on the computer catalog and type the subject:

  • massage
  • massage -- therapy
  • touch -- therapeutic use

Some suggested titles from your library with the subject headings of Massage, Massage - therapy, and Touch - therapeutic use:

  • 615.822 FER Self-Shiatsu Handbook
  • 615.822 MIT Complete Illustrated Guide to Massage
  • 615.822 NEL From the Heart Through the Hands
  • 615.822 MAX Massage : the Ultimate Illustrated Guide
  • 615.5 HAN Hands-on Healing
  • 615.851 KRI Therapeutic Touch

II. Magazines:

Articles on massage and self-care massage may be found in various periodicals in the library collection or in the magazines databases available through the library’s Cancer Resource Center website. 

III. Internet resources: 

If you have access to the Internet, you may access the library’s catalog and numerous other useful resources on the library web site at http://www.wrl.org. If you need a library card, you may also register at the library Circulation Desk or online at http://www.wrl.org/depts/circ/applycard.html.

Compiled for the  CRC's Healing the Spirit Self-care Massage Workshop, April 2002 (JCr)
Williamsburg Regional Library Phillip West Memorial Cancer Resource Center 

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Williamsburg Library
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Library Website: www.wrl.org
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