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Post traumatic stress disorder.
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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.

Even the best MRI's can miss dangerous bone breakages.
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  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.

 

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Stephen Jeffrey commented on Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, NCTMB's group Cupping
""On May 18 and 19 2013 Boris Prilutsky is doing a seminar for massage therapists who treat fibromyalgia sufferers incorperating the use of cupping with silicone jars. http://medicalmassage-edu.com/Silicone_jars_seminar.htm";"
May 10
Stephen Jeffrey commented on Stephen Jeffrey's group Fibromyalgia
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Stephen Jeffrey commented on Stephen Jeffrey's group Fibromyalgia
""On May 18 and 19 2013 Boris Prilutsky is doing a seminar for massage therapists who treat fibromyalgia sufferers incorperating the use of cupping with silicone jars. http://medicalmassage-edu.com/Silicone_jars_seminar.htm";"
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Fibromyalgia

This group is dedicated to formulating a good knowledge base from which MT's can obtain a high level of understanding of  the condition and how best to treat the fibromyalgia client seeking their help.   See More
May 9
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.
"Hi there, To be winner in any sport, competition or activity may only take one move, one point or 001 of second. To be successful with knee pain and your massage client a good massage therapist may need the power of all these. The right move, the…"
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Stephen Jeffrey commented on Stephen Jeffrey's group Anatomy and physiology group
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"ELHMarch 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM 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…"
Apr 7
Stephen Jeffrey commented on Stephen Jeffrey's group Fibromyalgia
"http://www.futuremedicine.com/toc/pmt/3/2   The prevalence of chronic pain in developing countries Mark I   Johnson , Raga A   Elzahaf , Osama A   Tashani Pain Management, March 2013, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pages…"
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Stephen Jeffrey commented on Stephen Jeffrey's group Fibromyalgia
"http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-stressful-events-inflammation-body.html Dwelling on stressful events can increase inflammation in the body, study finds"
Mar 14
Laura Garza replied to Stephen Jeffrey's discussion Post traumatic stress disorder.
"I volunteer with an organization called Cause and work with wounded warriors with PSTD and TBIs at Ft Belvoir.  They have links to some articles about massage, reiki and reflexology on their site (http://64.37.127.114/main/home.cfm?PageID=47).…"
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"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3422784/ Sensing the environment: Regulation of local and global homeostasis by the skin neuroendocrine system http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750819/ Central Sensitization: A Generator of…"
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Stephen Jeffrey replied to Gordon J. Wallis's discussion Feeling good
"Hi Gordon , I always enjoy hearing the transformational effect you have on your clients! .I think its time you wrote a book made a video or did a webinar . You will reach so many more MTs new and old."
Mar 7

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www.ealingmassagetherapy.co.uk
Which modalities do you practice?
Integrative Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Sports Massage, Reiki, Trigger Point Therapy, Energy Work

Stephen Jeffrey's Blog

The warrior and the massage therapist = Evolution of a genetic partnership.The sanctuary for human sanity is held in soft tissue.

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…

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Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:40am — 1 Comment

Misconceptions about knee pain "its deep in the joint/cartilage, arthritic, part of getting older?" simple solutions for you and your clients.

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…

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Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

Chronic pain, your clients FIRST visit.

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.



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You must allocate extra time to their first visit to enable them to relax and tell you everything thats on their minds in…

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Posted on September 19, 2010 at 11:30am — 13 Comments

Protecting female therapists from males seeking sexual services.

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…

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Posted on August 21, 2010 at 9:27am — 4 Comments

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At 7:45am on April 7, 2013, Stephen Jeffrey said…

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.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3422784/

Sensing the environment: Regulation of local and global homeostasis by the skin neuroendocrine system

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750819/

Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19655103

Neuropathic pain: a clinical perspective.

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The Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Merry christmas and a happy new year to all my fellow therapists. :)

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17985390 Prevention of peritendinous adhesions.

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