Conservative Treatment for Dupuytren's Disease

Conservative Treatment for Dupuytren's Disease

Massage therapy combined with active and passive stretching has been proposed as a potential adjunctive treatment for attenuating Dupuytren's disease (DD) progression and recurrence. Dupuytren's disease is a progressive disorder of the hand that eventually can cause contractures of the affected fingers.

Image Credit - By Frank C. Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=647743

Read More

Spotlight on Ankle Injuries

Spotlight on Ankle Injuries

As a Registered Massage Therapist it excites me to have the skillset to make a difference in the quality of life for someone who is in pain or is suffering from an injury. This is no easy job, the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries can be complicated; what works for one patient may not work for the next patient. 

Read More

Help Us Spread Awareness About The Benefits of Massage Therapy

Help Us Spread Awareness About The Benefits of Massage Therapy

My current goal is to promote the value of massage therapy to medical professionals by synthesizing and simplifying noteworthy finds and best available supporting evidence applicable to massage therapy.

Read More

Massage Therapy for Scars

Massage Therapy for Scars

Massage therapy is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects, so it is worth investigating the effects of massage therapy on post-surgical scarring. Research is still in its infancy but there is evidence to suggest that in addition to managing pain and discomfort massage therapy may augment post-surgical healing

Read More