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The RMT Education Project: Educational Resources for Massage Therapists

The RMT Education Project: Educational Resources for Massage Therapists

The RMT Education Project is an initiative that is working to promote the benefits of massage therapy to an international audience. In this post I have to put together a selection of educational resources that students can use to supplement in-class lessons

If you find the resources helpful I invite you to share it with your personal learning network.

Learning Resources

The Learning Portal - Shared access to educational resources from all Ontario Colleges.
Uncovering The Hidden Curriculum - Shared access to educational resources from all ecampus Ontario

Anatomy Review (Open Educational Resource) 

• UBC Functional Neuroanatomy
• UBC Clinical Anatomy
• UBC Medicine - Sketchfab

Videos

TED-Ed Lessons

Ted-ed Anatomy and Physiology Playlist - Getting Under our skin

Anatomy and Physiology
• The fascinating science of phantom limbs - Joshua W. Pate
• The mysterious science of pain - Joshua W. Pate
• What happens when you have a concussion? - Clifford Robbins
• The science of skin - Emma Bryce
• The power of the placebo effect - Emma Bryce
• How your muscular system works - Emma Bryce
• How does the immune system work? - Emma Bryce
• Why do your knuckles pop? - Eleanor Nelsen
• How does your brain respond to pain? - Karen D. Davis
• How do nerves work? - Elliot Krane
• The mystery of chronic pain - Elliot Krane
• What causes headaches? - Dan Kwartler

Communication Skills
• How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten

Critical Thinking Skills
• How statistics can be misleading - Mark Liddell
• Why do people fear the wrong things? - Gerd Gigerenzer
• 5 tips to improve your critical thinking - Samantha Agoos

YouTube Channels for Massage Therapists

Crash Course - Tons of courses in one channel (anatomy, physiology & science, statistics, business...)
• Anatomy & Physiology 
• Organic Chemistry
• History of Science
• Business Entrepreneurship
• Statistics
• Media Literacy
• Study Skills

Khan Academy - A non-profit educational organization providing online tools that help educate students.
• Health & Medicine 
• Entrepreneurship 

Anatomy & Physiology Review
• Biology with the Amoeba Sisters - Animated overview of biological systems
• Dr. Mike & Dr. Matt - Anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology
• Institute of Human Anatomy - A private human cadaver lab that teaches various healthcare professionals with the use of real human cadavers.
• Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell - New videos are released once a month with the goal of make science look beautiful.
• Osmosis - Videos to educate the public about important medical concepts
• Rev Med - Short videos for anatomy & physiology review
• Seeker Health - This miniseries takes a dive into the cellular structures, human systems, and overall anatomy
• Teachme A&P - Anatomy & physiology
• TED-Ed - Short animated videos exploring a wide variety of topics

Clinical Skills (Treatment & Assessment)
• Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiative - Video library of rehabilitation exercises
• Clinical Physio - Review of orthopedic assessment
• E3 Rehab - Video library of rehabilitation exercises
• Health Care Triage - Commentary on evidence based medicine
• Massage With Mike - Massage techniques
• Massage Sloth - Massage techniques
• Massage Therapist Development Centre - Resources to educate and elevate the profession
• Massage Therapeutics - Massage techniques
• MSK Medicine - Assessment techniques
• Physiotutors - Assessment techniques
• Prohealthsys - Massage techniques & assessments
• Shoulder Doc (Lennard Funk) - Orthopedic tests and remedial exercises for the shoulder
• The Massage Guy - Review for OSCE examinations

Online Articles (Creative Commons License) 

Pain Science
• Pain really is in the mind, but not in the way you think - Lorimer Moseley
• What is pain and what is happening when we feel it? - Lorimer Moseley
• Fixing pain management could help us solve the opioid crisis - Meredith Craigie
• Thinking of taking opioids for low back pain? - Christine Lin
• Three reasons you have neck pain – and why ‘bad posture’ probably isn’t one of them - Christian Worsfold
• Rub on pain products - Andrew Moore
• How to fix Canada’s opioid crisis - Andrea Furlan
• The science of pain - Benjamin Ansell
• Best way to avoid back pain? - Fiona Wilson
• The Cold, Hard Truth About Icing Your Injuries - Lindsay Berra

Exercise Science
• Why do my muscles ache the day after exercise? - Ken Nosaka
• Exercise more this year – it really is good for your heart - Scott Lear
• Can exercise help tackle the opioid crisis? - Nancy Gyurcsik
• If your knee hurts, keep exercising, says expert - Ewa M Roos
• Broke your arm? Exercise the other one to strengthen it… - Jonathan Farthing
• Does foam rolling actually do any good? - Lewis Macgregor
• Stretching - Lewis Macgregor
• To stretch or not to stretch before exercise: What you need to know about warm-ups -David Behm
• Prehabilitation - Emily Dunford
• It’s not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answer - Sean Docking, Ebonie Rio, Jill Cook

Anatomy & Physiology
• What’s happening when our joints crack and is it bad? - Andrew Lavender
• The skin is a very important (and our largest) organ - Cara McDonald
• Common skin rashes and what to do about them - H. Peter Soyer
• Common lumps and bumps on and under the skin - H. Peter Soyer
• Why do we get muscle cramps? - Alan Hayes
• What should my heart rate be and what affects it? - Anna Beale

Neuroplasticity and The Science of Touch
• The Brain and Nervous System - Robert Biswas-Diener
• What is brain plasticity and why is it so important? - Duncan Banks
• Touch in infancy is important for healthy brain development - Harriet Dempsey-Jones
• Nerves of endearment: how a gentle touch affects emotions - Marcello Costa
• Touch and pain - Guro Løseth
• Sensation and perception - Adam John Privitera

Concussions
• How to avoid, recognize and treat concussion in sports - Kathryn Schneider
• What is traumatic brain injury? - Travis Wearne
• How concussion stresses the heart to protect the brain - J. Patrick Neary

Research
• Is this study legit? - Hassan Vally

Research Articles

Bishop, M. D., Torres-Cueco, R., Gay, C. W., Lluch-Girbés, E., Beneciuk, J. M., & Bialosky, J. E. (2015). What effect can manual therapy have on a patient's pain experience?. Pain management, 5(6), 455–464.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401979

Courtney, C. A., Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, C., & Bond, S. (2017). Mechanisms of chronic pain - key considerations for appropriate physical therapy management. The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 25(3), 118–127.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28694674

Kennedy, A. B., & Munk, N. (2017). Experienced Practitioners' Beliefs Utilized to Create a Successful Massage Therapist Conceptual Model: a Qualitative Investigation. International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork, 10(2), 9–19.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690704

Lewis, J., & O’Sullivan, P. (2018). Is it time to reframe how we care for people with non-traumatic musculoskeletal pain?. British journal of sports medicine, 52(24), 1543–1544. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29941618

Lewis, J. S., Cook, C. E., Hoffmann, T. C., & O'Sullivan, P. (2020). The Elephant in the Room: Too Much Medicine in Musculoskeletal Practice. The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 50(1), 1–4. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31892292

Lin, I., Wiles, L., Waller, R., Goucke, R., Nagree, Y., Gibberd, M., … O'Sullivan, P. (2020). What does best practice care for musculoskeletal pain look like? Eleven consistent recommendations from high-quality clinical practice guidelines: systematic review. British journal of sports medicine, 54(2), 79–86.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30826805

Porr, J., Chrobak, K., & Muir, B. (2013). Entrapment of the saphenous nerve at the adductor canal affecting the infrapatellar branch - a report on two cases. The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 57(4), 341–349.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24302782

Traeger, A., Buchbinder, R., Harris, I., & Maher, C. (2017). Diagnosis and management of low-back pain in primary care. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association journal , 189(45), E1386–E1395.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29133540

Wideman, T. H., Edwards, R. R., Walton, D. M., Martel, M. O., Hudon, A., & Seminowicz, D. A. (2019). The Multimodal Assessment Model of Pain: A Novel Framework for Further Integrating the Subjective Pain Experience Within Research and Practice. The Clinical journal of pain, 35(3), 212–221.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30444733