Acupuncture: Is there any evidence?

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Acupuncture: Is there any evidence?

I write to help clarify my thoughts and feedback like this gives me the opportunity to see the issue from another point of view. I respect my peers so, but I find most conversations about acupuncture start off with knee jerk skepticism based on a number of misconceptions. One of these misconceptions is that there is no room for acupuncture in "mainstream medicine", but that just isn't true, take this recent review published in the Current Pain and Headache Reports.... 

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What happens to your knuckles when you crack them?

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What happens to your knuckles when you crack them?

So what really happens to your joints when you crack your knuckles?

This is one of the most common questions I get as a massage therapist. The simple explanation is that when you stretch out your joints you are releasing gas that is part of the synovial fluid in your joints - this gas forms a bubble that release and goes pop, this in known as a cavitation. 

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Four Articles About The Importance of Touch

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Four Articles About The Importance of Touch

Touch is the most underused tool in medicine

Research into touch is coming out at an ever increasing rate, some of this research is changing the way we think about the physical and psychological effect of touch. Whether you are a therapists interested in the nervous system or you simply are looking for reading materials for continuing education credits, here is a list of four open access articles about touch and the nervous system.

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Those Sore Spots in Your Muscles!

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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?

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