Those Sore Spots in Your Muscles!

/
Those Sore Spots in Your Muscles!

Some call them 'knots', some call them 'myofascial trigger-points', they have even been referred to as 'soft tissue sore spots of an unknown origin'. One of the things that is confusing about those sore spots in your body is the plurality of definitions. Just to break it down to general terms knots are often used as a layman's term to describe myofascial trigger-points, but depending on who you are talking to knots and myofascial trigger-points may not be synonymous. Some call them muscles knots, some call them trigger points, they have even been referred to as soft tissue sore spots of an unknown origin. What are those sore spots in your muscles that massage therapists work on?

Read More

5 Systematic Reviews That Lend Credibility To Massage Therapy

/
5 Systematic Reviews That Lend Credibility To Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy Literature Countdown - Systematic Reviews
Here we break down a list of five systematic review that lend credibility to massage therapy as a conservative approach for management of aches an pains. There are a number of systematic reviews that could have been included, the idea of a list was to impose constraints that forced me be decisive and include what I felt to be the strongest reviews. The RMT Education Project is an initiative that is working to promote the benefits of massage therapy to an international audience.  If you would like to learn more about massage therapy, check out 'The Massage Therapy Literature Countdown'.

Read More

6 Blogs To Follow If You Are A Massage Therapist

/
6 Blogs To Follow If You Are A Massage Therapist

Massage Therapy Literature Countdown - BLOGS

Blogs are a type of grey literature - information output produced by organisations or an individual, outside of commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels. There is an abundance of blogs available, this information requires a critical eye to evaluate the content. 

Here we break down a list of six blogs that gives insights into the body and the massage therapy profession. The idea of a list was to impose constraint that forced me be decisive with what blogs I included. As an added bonus I have included links that give a idea of the types of content featured on each blog.

Read More

7 Books That All Massage Therapists Should Read

/

7 Books For Massage Therapists

Links For The Curious
The RMT Education Project attempts to simplify the complex - breaking down information dense research into manageable chunks. If you are looking for a somewhere to start, check out the ‘Curated Content’ page or browse through ‘The Literature Countdown’.

From The story of the human body

From The story of the human body

Evidence Informed Massage: Moving The Profession Forward

/
Evidence Informed Massage: Moving The Profession Forward

In the past ten years Massage Therapy has exploded into mainstream healthcare, it is now a recognized treatment option for a wide range of injuries. This means the profession is moving into new formal clinical settings, these changes to the profession have led to a need to adapt to an evidence informed model of care - ‘evidence informed massage’. In this model of healthcare, massage therapists are aware of emerging evidence, and integrate this new information into their clinical practice in a timely manner.

Read More