Knowledge Translation - Learn From The Experts
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A selection of articles that might be of interest if you want to explore the topics introduced here in more depth.
Read MoreConservative Care for Low Back Pain
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Low back pain is a difficult to treat global health burden, one of the reasons for this is that there is often no clear identifiable cause. There is much debate about the best way to manage low back pain, some of the strongest reviews support the need for a multi-modal therapeutic approach. A multi-modal approach can involve a number of management strategies that include but is not limited to education, reassurance, analgesic medicines and a number of non pharmacological therapies.
Read MoreThe RMT Education Project: Published Materials
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Richard has been a registered massage therapists since 2009, and he works at The Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic at Western University in London, Ontario. Richard has a wide patient base from elite athletes to the everyday active person, his primary professional interest is in sports injuries and concussions. When not in the clinic his favorite activities are hiking, camping and kayaking. Richard contributes to many publications to help promote evidence based massage, his work has been featured in the following publications:
• Canadian Chiropractor Magazine
• Massage Magazine
• Massage Therapy Canada
• Massage Therapy Today
• MNZ Magazine (Massage New Zealand)
• The Massage Therapists Development Centre
How to avoid, recognize and treat concussion in sports
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"Recognize, remove, rest and recover before returning to sport. Those are key points about sport-related concussion stated in the 5th International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport."
Read MoreAuricular Acupuncture for Pain Management
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Acknowledging that traditional narratives outdated, medical acupuncture is an approach that is based upon a theory that is inline current scientific understanding of how the body works. Reframing auricular acupuncture form of peripheral nerve stimulation technique in which acupuncture needles are inserted into anatomically defined sites, and stimulated manually or with electricity.
Image Credit - Wouterhagens at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1928803
Read MoreMassage Therapy for Plantar Heel Pain
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Massage therapy as a therapeutic intervention is being embraced by the medical community. This is in part because it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention that is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects. One area that is being explored is the use of massage therapy for patients who suffer from plantar heel pain.
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