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.
I have committed myself to compiling a monthly list of recent noteworthy finds applicable to massage therapy. Posts are designed to be short and will go out the first friday of every month. As always, please let me know your requests and suggestions through email or social media.
Read MorePhysicians, now more than ever are recommending non-pharmacological treatment including massage, acupuncture and exercise as part of a multi-modal approach for patients suffering from neck pain.
Read More"Pain is at the heart of Canada’s escalating opioid crisis. And so is the physician’s prescription pad. In Ontario, two people die of opioid overdose every single day. These deaths are less surprising when you consider that pain is a normal part of human life, and that doctors have been told to prescribe opioids to eliminate it. Staggeringly, one in seven Ontarians was prescribed an opioid at least once during 2015-2016."
Read More"It recently has been suggested that using vegetable oils to fry food may be bad for your health due to the production of toxic chemicals called aldehydes during the heating process. Aldehydes are simple organic structures – compounds which contain a carbon-oxygen double bond – and are abundant in nature. They are formed in the human body in small amounts as by-products of normal fructose and alcohol metabolism. Consumption of dietary aldehydes is thought to contribute to human diseases including diabetes and heart disease. But what about olive oil? Is it classed as a vegetable oil, and is it safe to fry food with it?"
Read More"Headaches are really common, so here are five things the research evidence indicates are worth trying to help manage or avoid them."
Read MoreRichard has been a Registered Massage Therapist since 2009, he currently works at both Archway Health and Sport Services and The Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic at Western University. Richard has a wide patient base from elite athletes to the everyday active person, his primary professional interest is in sports injuries and concussions.
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.
