Case Studies

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MEDICAL MASSAGE vs. FRUITLESS PAIN MANAGEMENT

          This clinical case was contributed to JMS by a recent graduate of SOMI’s Medical Massage Certification Program, Kristi Tidwell, LMT, CMMP from Coolidge, AZ. Her experience is interesting from t
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THREE MEDICAL MASSAGE SESSIONS vs. COMPLEX COMBINATION OF SOMATIC DYSFUNCTIONS

          This clinical case was submitted to the Journal of Massage Science by Cheri Conklen, LMT, from Phoenix, Arizona. Cheri is a current SOMI student, and her clinical expertise and technical abilitie
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MEDICAL MASSAGE WITH AROMATHERAPY vs POSTSURGICAL NERVE TRAUMA

A very frequent complication of surgery is direct trauma of the cutaneous nerves or their compression from resulting scar tissue. Both unfortunate scenarios may trigger a condition called hyperesthesia. Hyperes
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MEDICAL MASSAGE vs MIXED SOMATIC SYNDROMES

          This Case of the Month was submitted to JMS by Richard Abisia, LMT, CMMP – the latest graduate of SOMI’s Medical Massage Certification Program.       &n
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MEDICAL MASSAGE VS ACUTE ‘TENNIS ELBOW’

           This clinical case was submitted to JMS by our former student Ben Keyes, LMT, from Florida. Ben works on various somatic problems, and his main focus is sports trauma an
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MEDICAL MASSAGE VS CHRONIC MIDDLE BACK PAIN WITH INTERCOSTAL NERVE NEURALGIA

          This clinical case was presented to the Science Of Massage Institute by Jennifer Chason, who is the newest graduate of our Medical Massage Certification Program. Jennifer’s ability to condu
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MANUAL REHABILITATION OF BURN PATIENTS

          This clinical case sent to JMS by one of our former students, Allen Stanley, LMT, CMMP, CMLDT strongly illustrates the value of Medical Massage Concept. Most of the Medical Massage (MM) sources i
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MEDICAL MASSAGE VS SEVERE WHIPLASH AND LIMITED TIME

This clinical case was submitted by our current student Don Lozon, LMT from Salt Lake City, Utah. We would like readers to pay attention to how perfectly Don examined the patient’s soft tissues using all
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MEDICAL MASSAGE vs CHRONIC VISCERA-SOMATIC DISORDERS

          This clinical case was sent to JMS by our current student Luis Carreras, LMT, from Mobile, Alabama. His previous training and teaching experiences allowed Luis to quickly absorb SOMI’s material
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MEDICAL MASSAGE VS MULTILARED LOWER BACK TENSION

            This Case of the Month was contributed to JMS by SOMI’s former student, Carolynn Anderson, CMMP, LMT from Bristol, TN. For years since Carolyn finished SOMI’s Medical Massage Certification