The Science of Pain
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"Pain is meant to keep us safe, he says, but unfortunately your brain can play tricks on you, making you feel pain even when there’s no real need for it."
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Enhancing Clinical Education Through Online Collaborative Learning
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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 settings, these changes to the profession have led to a need to adapt to an evidence based model of care.
Read MoreMassage Therapy: A Review Of The Evidence
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Massage therapy should no longer be considered a luxury, it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention supported by current best practice guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association and the American Medical Association.
Now is the time to work with our respective associations to integrate the latest research evidence into our practice
Read MoreTen Best Open Access Research Articles for Massage Therapists
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If you are a massage therapist who is interested in reading massage therapy research, PubMed is a great resource but most massage therapists do not have academic access to journals.
This is not the only barriers to entry, sorting through the data is like drinking from a fire-hose, if you search Massage therapy on PubMed you will get nearly 14,000 returns.
Read MoreHow a gentle touch affects emotions
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"A soft and tender caress between two people can trigger a flood of emotions, and now we may have some idea why."
Read MorePersonal Learning Networks for Massage Therapists
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The RMT Education Project is an initiative that is working to promote the benefits of massage therapy to an international audience. Here I have to put together a resource page that will help therapist grow their personal learning network.
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