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Started this discussion. Last reply by Stephen Jeffrey Aug 23, 2012.
Would returning soldiers be less likely to suffer post traumatic stress disorder if they got regular massage on return or even in the field? Before they had a chance for the brain to LTP (long term…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Laura Garza Mar 13.
http://www.uwtv.org/video/player.aspx?mediaid=1574719164 This is an example of his very interesting work.Water is not just a…Continue
Started Apr 3, 2012
Listen to your client, listen to your intuition, what's telling you something ain't right with this client !!! Scary stuff !!!Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kay Warren Sep 27, 2011.
Ben Pianese commented on Stephen Jeffrey's blog post Misconceptions about knee pain "its deep in the joint/cartilage, arthritic, part of getting older?" simple solutions for you and your clients.
Laura Garza replied to Stephen Jeffrey's discussion Post traumatic stress disorder.Many thousands of years ago the only way to survive was to fight and kill your opponent or they would kill you.The battle for survival was hard fought and extreme, leading to complete exhaustion of tissue function and a brain snapping test of sanity via atrocity for the mind.
This placed a huge physical and mental strain on the warrior, who, given the chance would prefer to live in peace with his neighbour. But, time and again, he was called to slaughter those who would…
ContinuePosted on August 17, 2012 at 10:40am — 1 Comment
I have recently asked all my clients about their knee pain. They had not perceived massage as able to offer effective relief as they frequently thought it was bone or cartilage pain.
The following, is a suggested method you can try, on a big cross section of your clients from athletes to chronic pain sufferers.
First practice this during "swap treatments " with your fellow massage…
ContinuePosted on October 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments
I've just had my most successful year so far with people suffering chronic pain. Thoracic outlet syndrome 9yrs , Migraine 20 yrs , Back Pain 8 yrs and many more.
I wish to state how important your clients first visit is, and how you might attempt to set yourself apart from "other professionals " in the eyes of your new client.
Time
You must allocate extra time to their first visit to enable them to relax and tell you everything thats on their minds in…
Posted on September 19, 2010 at 11:30am — 13 Comments
Its already been the subject of many discussions on here, but are there any websites specifically set up to educate new female therapists on exactley how to word their web pages to minimise this occuring.
Here in the UK we've still got therapists web pages listing home phone numbers, full home addresses, and useing wording begging the double entendre.
Please tell me someone has a great site to which I can refere these innocents.
Thanks…
ContinuePosted on August 21, 2010 at 9:27am — 4 Comments
Hi - I'd like to share an incident that has helped my Dupuytrens on my left ring finger. I probably had 20 degrees of bend on that finger, thickening of the tendon and quite severe attachment to the skin of the palm, with significant local pain (when stressed i.e. carrying, lifting etc).
I've practiced martial arts for 30+ yrs and last week I cleverly (not) stopped a kick with my left hand, bending the fingers back and causing great stress and some ‘tearing’ across the contracture.
Thinking the tendon had snapped, I took a closer look to realise some immediate bruising under the skin where the tendon has released itself from the skin. The tendon is now no thinner, but I have pretty much full flexibility back in that finger. What appears to have happened is the tendon has torn away from the inside of the skin. Visibly it is much better, as is the range of movement. Tendon is no less thicker, though much less visible. For your info I’m a white male, early 40s from European descent.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3422784/
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Merry christmas and a happy new year to all my fellow therapists. :)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17985390 Prevention of peritendinous adhesions.
SA ion channels http://www.barrettdorko.com/articles/distantc.htm
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