Setting The Groundwork for Evidence-Based Massage: 10 Influential Researchers
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This list of ten influential researchers will help to set the groundwork for an evidence based approach.
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Plain Language Summary: For a case report documenting the assessment and treatment of a nerve entrapment at the knee
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This case report highlights the value of an in-depth physical examination that includes the evaluation and palpation of peripheral nerves. It also demonstrated that in the case of a suspected nerve entrapment a multi-modal treatment approach utilizing both exercise and manual therapy, may be used to manage symptoms.
Read MoreBibliotherapy: how reading and writing have been healing trauma since World War I
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"Bibliotherapy – the idea that reading can have a beneficial effect on mental health – has undergone a resurgence. There is mounting clinical evidence that reading can, for example, help people overcome lonelinessand social exclusion."
Read MoreExercise is medicine, and doctors are starting to prescribe it
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"There is a movement afoot (pun intended) to get more people exercising by involving their family doctors."
Read MoreA List of Systematic Reviews of Massage Therapy
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Massage therapy is a clinically-oriented healthcare option, that is increasingly being used alongside standard medical care to help manage a number of symptoms. In this post I wanted to highlight a number of systematic reviews that support the use of massage therapy.
Read MoreMassage Therapy and Fibromyalgia
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It has been shown that mind-body approaches massage therapy, acupuncture, tai chi, & yoga may help relieve pain & reduce anxiety when integrated with standard care.
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