The RMT Education Project is Helping people manage sports injuries with confidence through creative and innovative health education.
This blog features post on massage therapy, acupuncture, myofascial release, pain science, cupping, IASTM, sports massage, deep tissue massage.
Massage therapy has been shown to be an effective way to relieve pain, decrease stress and promote overall well being. The best way to describe the effects of manual therapy is not a single, unified response but a collection of interconnected adaptive responses within the nervous system and soft tissue structures.
Read MoreIn the Rio Olympics, American athletes were sporting cupping marks and this sparked a media frenzy. Some of the articles had a positive spin and some of the articles had a negative spin. One of the main arguments against cupping was that cupping lacks scientific evidence. Here is a suggestion for the pragmatic clinician, rather than writing it off completely, a more rational response would be to put treatments in perspective without actually dismissing them, and discuss a hypothesis that is inline with the current scientific understanding of how the body works.
Read More“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
*This blog post is meant as an educational tool only. It is not a replacement for medical advice from a qualified and registered health professional.
Richard is a Registered Massage Therapist in Petrolia Ontario who is experienced in the assessment and treatment of sport injuries. Richard uses a Adaptive Manual therapy which means that myofascial release, acupuncture, cupping, sports massage and IASTM are used in an individualized one on one treatment.
