Muscle Review: Suboccipitals
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The suboccipital muscle group - Image Credit - Anatomography - CC BY-SA 2.1 jp, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27275319
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Open Access Case Reports for Massage Therapists
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If you are a massage therapist who is interested in reading massage therapy research, PubMed is a great resource but most massage therapists do not have academic access to journals.
This is not the only barriers to entry, sorting through the data is like drinking from a fire-hose, if you search Massage therapy on PubMed you will get nearly 14,000 returns. If you are looking to learn more about massage therapy research I have put together a list of open access case reports.
Read MoreResearch Review: Neural Mobilization
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Non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions are being embraced by the medical community because they are simple to carry out, economical, and have relatively minor side effects.
One treatment approach that can be used as part of an individualized multi-modal program to manage persistent pain is neural mobilizations.
Read MoreNon-Pharmacological Therapies for Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee
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In patients with osteoarthritis related pain sensitization of nociceptive pathways may result in patients perceiving low level stimuli as being overtly painful. In terms of clinical responses to non-pharmacological therapies, these can have an effect on supraspinal processes which influence nociceptive processing and therefore OA-related pain. This post gives a brief overview of non-pharmacological pain management strategies for osteoarthritis related hip, knee, and hand pain.
Read MoreSetting the Groundwork for Evidence-Based Massage: Clinic Resource
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This post is part of a series of educational resources to help massage therapists develop their clinical reasoning skills.
Read MoreBest of 2018: Free Research Articles
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