Help Us Spread Awareness About The Benefits of Massage Therapy

Help Us Spread Awareness About The Benefits of Massage Therapy

My current goal is to promote the value of massage therapy to medical professionals by synthesizing and simplifying noteworthy finds and best available supporting evidence applicable to massage therapy.

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Massage Therapy for Scars

Massage Therapy for Scars

Massage therapy is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects, so it is worth investigating the effects of massage therapy on post-surgical scarring. Research is still in its infancy but there is evidence to suggest that in addition to managing pain and discomfort massage therapy may augment post-surgical healing

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The Scientific Basis of Acupuncture

The Scientific Basis of Acupuncture

Acupuncture stimulates a number reflex effects which may help alleviate musculoskeletal disorders associated with many persistent pain syndromes, including but not limited to:
• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Tension Headaches
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
•Osteoarthritis (Knee and Hip)

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Books For Massage Therapists

Books for Massage Therapists

10 Books For Massage Therapists

  • The Brain That Changes Itself. Norman Doidge
  • Understanding Pain. Fernando Cervero
  • A Nation in Pain - Judy Foreman 
  • Explain Pain. Lorimer Moseley and David Butler
  • Pain: The science and culture of why we hurt. Marni Jackson
  • Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
  • Cure. Jo Marchant
  • The Story of the Human Body. Daniel Lieberman
  • Touch. David Linden
  • The Upright Thinkers. Leonard Mlodinow

Massage Therapy and Temporomandibular Disorders

Massage Therapy and Temporomandibular Disorders

A comprehensive treatment should incorporate a number of rehabilitation strategies based on patient-specific assessment findings including, but not limited to:
• Manual Therapy (intra-oral and extra-oral massage)
• Acupuncture/ electroacupuncture (local, segmental and distal stimulation sites)
• Education on psychosocial factors (eg. BPS framework of pain, fear avoidance)

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