Lauriann GreeneLauriann Greene has been a leading writer, speaker and researcher on injury prevention and ergonomics for manual therapists for over 20 years. She studied at Brown and Harvard Universities before graduating with honors from Seattle Massage School. Sh wrote the first ever book on injury prevention for massage therapists (Save Your Hands! 1st Ed., out of print), then the 2nd edition (out of print) and in 2025 published the extensively revised, updated and expanded Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 3rd Edition. Save Your Hands! is the leading Injury prevention and self-care text for manual therapists including physical therapists, massage therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, athletic trainers, osteopaths and more. The Save Your Hands! books have sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. Now the leading authority on this subject, Lauriann has written numerous articles for major massage therapy and spa publications, speaks at leading conferences including ABMP and AMTA National and IECSC, and co-authored a 2006 study that produced the first statistics on work-related injury among American massage therapists. In 2006, Lauriann joined forces with ergonomist and massage therapist Rick Goggins and the ABMP on a study that produced the first reliable statistics on the prevalence of injury among massage therapists and bodyworkers. The results were published in 2006 in Massage and Bodywork. She also completed training to become a Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist (CEAS) at that time. Lauriann and senior ergonomics colleagues now offer injury prevention and ergonomics consulting and training services to spas, clinics and schools, to help them reduce costly workers' comp claims, absenteeism and turnover due to injury on the job. She also offers continuing education (CE) courses for massage therapists. Read More Read Less