Save Your Hands!® Injury Prevention & Ergonomics for Manual Therapists

Lauriann Greene, C.E.A.S., and Richard W. Goggins, C.P.E., L.M.P., are co-authors of Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 2nd Edition, the leading textbook on self-care used in massage schools worldwide. Trained as a massage therapist, Lauriann is now a Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist. In 1995, Lauriann was the first author to offer comprehensive injury prevention information and training to massage therapists, as well as the first to promote the concept of practicing and teaching self-care and injury prevention in the massage industry. Rick is a licensed massage practitioner and a Board-Certified Professional Ergonomist with a master’s degree in human factors/ergonomics from UCLA. He has spent nearly 20 years working with business owners and employees to prevent work-related injuries in a wide variety of industries.

Lauriann and Rick are regularly featured in major U.S. and international massage and spa magazines, and have been presenters at conferences including AMTA National Conference, IECSC and World Massage Conference. In 2006, they co-authored a study that produced the first reliable statistics on symptoms and injury among American massage therapists. Lauriann and Rick offer continuing education (CE) courses, a Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) program, and ergonomics consulting and training to massage therapists and the spas, clinics, hospitals and schools that employ them. For more information, please visit www.saveyourhands.com.