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.
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.
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.
Read MoreRegistered Massage Therapists in Ontario are in a unique position, because of our high education standard we are afford the opportunity to perform the modility of acupuncture for soft tissue injuries. In Ontario massage therapist take a accredited 2200 hour massage therapy program then they register with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO). After that, if a massage therapists chooses they can take a professional certification in acupuncture from any program recognized by the CMTO, for those who would like to learn more about the details of certification, I have provided links and excerpts from our regulatory body at the bottom of the post.
Read MoreClear communication comes from defined language, here I have collected a short list of commonly misuse.
Read More"Rarely does an episode go by that we don’t see Claire lounging in bed, papers strewn across the blanket and MacBook screen glowing in the reflection of her wayfarers. Frank is guilty in a different way, suited up and typing away at his computer in the Oval Office in the middle of the night or playing games on his tablet. Reading and working late are one thing, but the blue light from their screens is probably destroying their bodies’ natural circadian rhythms."
Read MoreSome 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“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.
