The RMT Education Project is Helping people manage sports injuries with confidence through creative and innovative health education.
This blog features post on massage therapy, acupuncture, myofascial release, pain science, cupping, IASTM, sports massage, deep tissue massage.
Here is an article that may be of interest for anyone who works with athletes.
This study found 4 weeks of soft tissue mobilization techniques to be effective for improving shoulder internal rotation and horizontal adduction and decreasing muscle stiffness of the infraspinatus and teres minor in baseball players with posterior shoulder tightness.
Tracey has been championing the practice of using electric signals for purposes of neuromodulation, with the ultimate goal of maintaining immunological homeostasis.
Read MoreThe RMT Education Project - Here we break down a list of books that will change the way you look at the body and the experience of pain.
Read MoreI have spent that last half a year collecting resources for massage therapists and, here is a compilation of open access evidence based resources for massage therapists.
Read More"One day we’re told that coffee causes cancer, the next that it protects us from it. Does this sound familiar? We’re all bombarded by confusing and contradictory health information every day – supposedly based on scientific evidence."
Read MoreCupping is a technique where a vacuum is created in a cup, drawing the skin up into the cup decompressing the layers of the epidermis and subcutaneous superficial fascia. Cupping has been practiced in most cultures in one form or another throughout history but the true origin of cupping therapy remains uncertain. Cupping is a technique where a vacuum is created in a cup, drawing the skin up into the cup decompressing the layers of the epidermis and subcutaneous superficial fascia. Cupping has been practiced in most cultures in one form or another throughout history but the true origin of cupping therapy remains uncertain. Some may not realize the widespread use of the technique, in 1900 John Harvey Kellogg wrote about 'dry cupping' in The Home Handbook of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine stating...
Read More“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
*This blog post is meant as an educational tool only. It is not a replacement for medical advice from a qualified and registered health professional.
Richard is a Registered Massage Therapist in Petrolia Ontario who is experienced in the assessment and treatment of sport injuries. Richard uses a Adaptive Manual therapy which means that myofascial release, acupuncture, cupping, sports massage and IASTM are used in an individualized one on one treatment.
