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Memmler's the Human Body in Health and Disease
Barbara Janson Cohen, Dena Lin Wood & Ruth Lundeen
This compact primer on anatomy and physiology is a popular book for brief A&P courses like those offered in many massage schools. The scope of the book is similar to big survey textbooks like Marieb or Tortora, but the amount of detail is trimmed.
The Anatomy Coloring Book
Wynn Kapit & Lawrence M. Elson
This experiential book gets your right inside the body, from the tiniest capillaries to the biggest organs and muscles. This books is essential for any beginning student of human anatomy. Use your favorite colored markers or crayons to fill in the drawings.
 Trail Guide to the Body : How to Locate Muscles, Bones & More!
Andrew R. Biel & Robin Dorn
This meticulously detailed book guides you through all of the anatomical structures that you need to know as a massage therapist. Nicely rendered line drawings show you how to identify, palpate, and manipulate every major muscle in the human body.
The Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapies
Thomas W. Myers
This groundbreaking book will give you a whole new way to look at the human body. Myers outlines a systematic approach to human anatomy, using the body's fascial meridians as the organizing scheme for the book (and for his work). Myers is trained as a Rolfer and now practices his own brand of structural integration, Kinesis Myofascial Integration.
Anatomy: A Regional Atlas of the Human Body
Carmine D. Clemente
This comprehensive reference book is densely packed with excellent, well-indexed illustrations all of the anatomical features that a massage student needs to know. The color-coded regional approach of the book makes it easy to quickly flip through the book and find the illustration you're looking for.
Atlas of Human Anatomy, Third Edition
Frank H. Netter
Netter is justifiably regarded as the best medical illustrator of human anatomy. This book is my favorite reference for client education and for my own reference. The illustrations are meticulously rendered and pull out just the right details to help you understand each structure.
 Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body
Johannes W. Rohen, Chihiro Yokochi & Elke Lutjen-Drecoll
If you want to see what the human body actually looks like inside, this photographic atlas of cadaver photos is for you. Book News says this book gives "students a much more realistic experience of spatial dimensions than pleasantly colored drawings could ever accomplish."
The Massage connection: Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology
Kalyani Premkumar
Positive Health Magazine says, "This is a very user-friendly text which is aimed specifically at students and teachers of massage therapy . . . the author does a wonderful job in presenting the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology with a clear and easy to follow layout."
You can buy these books at Amazon.com - just click on the book title or cover to get to the Amazon web site. All comments are mine unless they are in quotes, which indicates that the comment is from the Amazon web site. DISCLAIMER: This information is not intended as medical advice. If you have concerns about your health, contact your primary health care provider before beginning any self-care treatments.
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