By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, Phoenix            Two years ago, one of the PCPs who works with our clinic sent us his patient with a very unusual situation.          Â
By Karen Mooney, PhD, CMMP, Florida            I am presenting this case to stress several important points: first, the recognition of the potential integrative role of Medical M
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov            We’ve already shared with readers one of the unusual cases of Plantar Fasciitis from our clinic: http://www.scienceofmassage.com/2015/
By Curt Lezanic, CMMP, LMT, San Antonio, TX About five weeks ago a 63 year-old female came to my office complaining about her left neck, shoulder, arm and hand pain. What’s unique
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov This case is from our Arizona clinic and it illustrates how completely different anatomical structures in our body interconnect and interact with each other. Two week
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov Kneading techniques are the most complex to execute but when they are done correctly they have the most profound effect on the client/patient level of stress o
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, Phoenix, AZ Effleurage is a very basic technique therapists use daily. However, even this basic massage technique delivers a profound impact on the body of th
By Dr. Jeff Cullers, DC, CMMP, LMT Recently a 35 year-old male presented to our clinic with symptoms of bilateral neck, right sided mid back pain. His entire hand was numb and tinglin
By Ani Papazyan, CMMP, LMT This is a case that you don’t see every day but it was fun working on this patient and she is extremely happy with the results. The patient is female, 48, ve
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, Phoenix AZ Two months ago we had an unusual patient in our Phoenix clinic – a male 45 years old who works two jobs as an air conditioner technician presented with
INTERNET POSTS: Diane Jacobs, PT: There is no such thing as a pain receptor.” True. There are (in the body) only nociceptors. Nociception and pain are two different things. “The
Boris, This could not be further from factual science that is highly documented. There ARE multiple pain receptors, from somatic, cutaneous, visceral receptors. OF COURSE the brain receives
Why 2-3 hours window after eccentric exercise is so important? To answer this question we will also use article published in Journal of Massage Science (Sep/Oct, 2009) by our sports massage
Here is chain of events which contributes to muscle soreness and fatigue after eccentric exercise. Again, we will use publication of Cheung, et al., (2003) as guide because it summari
