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.
If you are a fan of Malcolm Gladwell, I highly reccomend the book Mindware Richard Nisbett presents a number of scientific and philosophical ideas in a clear and accessible way. I highly recommend this book.
This one book that will improve your critical thinking skills, the author provides insights into a number of concepts including:
• cost-benefit analysis
• sunk-cost
• causation and correlation
"There is no single diagnostic test for growing pains. As a result, it continues to be diagnosed more by exclusion than inclusion of symptoms. Namely: intermittent (non-persistent) aches of muscles (not joints) in both legs presenting later in the day or evening (disappearing by morning) in an otherwise healthy child generally between the age of three and 12 years. There are usually no abnormal findings on physical exam, imaging and lab investigations."
Read More"Head trauma is a major public health concern in the United States, with indirect and direct health-care costs approaching nearly US$1 billion annually. Worse, head trauma also can cause short- and long-term health problems and, in children, problems with academics, headaches and behavioral health issues."
Read MoreJust this year the Cochrane Collaborative updated three of their reviews on acupuncture, this group now states that acupuncture is a valuable option for: tension type headaches, neck pain and episodic migraines. The Cochrane collaborative are not alone in support of acupuncture, a number of recent peer review articles published in high impact journals support the use of acupuncture.
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"Myotherapy was developed by American Bonnie Prudden in the 1970s as a system of treating painful and dysfunctional muscles and soft tissue. The term is also used more generally to describe a suite of soft tissue and massage techniques."
Read More"like so much to do with persistent pain, it becomes harder to unravel exactly what the relationship is when one digs a little further. For instance, it has been repeatedly shown that people with increased emotional distress going in to surgery use more painkillers and generally fare worse afterwards."
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.
