Why different painkillers are only effective for certain types of pain

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Why different painkillers are only effective for certain types of pain

Whether it’s your head, tooth or back, when you’re in pain, it’s hard to think about anything else. If it’s not too strong, some can ride it out. But in many cases, the pain just gets worse and won’t go away until you take something.

Medicines that kill pain are called analgesics and they vary in how they work. No single painkiller can relieve all types of pain. Those that work for mild pain usually have little effect on severe pain unless combined with a stronger painkiller.

If you want to effectively control your pain, you will need to match your medication to its type and severity.

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Immediate Steps To Improve your Practice

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Immediate Steps To Improve your Practice

What the patient sees, hears or feels can trigger neurohumoral reactions within the body that translate into windows of therapeutic opportunity. There are many ways that therapists can leverage the placebo effect for the benefit of their patients. Some tips that I learnt early in my career from my mentor Dr. Anthony Lombardi

  • Exude confidence 
  • Present your self in a warm manner
  • Dress in a unique way
  • Choose your words carefully (The way we speak has the potential to act as a placebo or nocebo) 
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Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out

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Body Worlds: Animals Inside Out

Since 2005 I have attended every Body Worlds Exhibit that has been hosted in Ontario. In 2005 it was at The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto [Body Worlds 2] and then in 2009 Body Worlds [The Story of The Heart] was held  at the Ontario Science Centre. This year [2015] The Museum of Nature in Ottawa Ontario hosted Body Worlds [Animal Inside Out].

For anyone unfamiliar with Body Worlds, is it is a method where biological tissue is preserved through plastination. This is a process invented by Gunther Von Hagens that replaces water and soluble fat with a reactive polymer, such as silicone rubber in order to preserve tissue.

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Does Fascia Release?

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Does Fascia Release?

How do you explain the effects of myofascial release?

There is evidence that myofascial release is an effective technique for a number of injuries. However, when it comes to anything fascia related the professional community is divided with fundamentalist views on both sides. With some of the research and reading I’ve done, I have wanted to dispel myths and simplify research.

Is the name myofascial release is better used as an analogous term to describe a palpable change in tissue texture that is likely due to many overlapping responses?

  • The Contextual Response
  • The Neurological Response
  • The Mechanical Response
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Is a fascial densification the same thing as fibrosis?

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Is a fascial densification the same thing as fibrosis?

 The last few weeks I have been working on a blog post for Jamie Johnston a RMT from British Columbia who runs a blog for massage therapists. The post will be on the fascial system, specifically myofascial release. For my post today I will be featuring a small excerpt from this upcoming blog post. The rest of the article will be posted to the Massage Therapist Development Centre later in the week.

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