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CHRONIC PAIN AND BRAIN SELF DEFENSE MECHANISMS: PART II

By Dr. Ross Turchaninov With this article we finish the series of publications on the importance of central mechanisms in somatic rehabilitation we started in issue #1 #2018 (https://www.scienceofmassage.com/20
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A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT OVERUSING THE ELBOW AND FOREARM IN MASSAGE THERAPY

by Stephen Ryason, CMMP, LMT The usage of forearm and elbow as tools during a massage session is a legitimate therapy option. The reasoning is very simple. If we can use forearm and elbow during a session it ta
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CHRONIC PAIN AND BRAIN SELF DEFENSE MECHANISMS: PART I

By Dr. Ross Turchaninov This article is a follow up to the articles about Placebo Effect published in issues #1 (https://www.scienceofmassage.com/2018/05/the-placebo-effect-and-its-role-in-massage-therapy-part-
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ENERGY WORK IN MASSAGE THERAPY: EXPLORING THE EASTERN PERSPECTIVE

Until now JMS hasn’t addressed the Eastern views on healing and somatic rehabilitation. We were not arrogant, but we simply didn’t get submissions worth publishing and sharing with our readers. This article
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THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND ITS ROLE IN MASSAGE THERAPY. PART II

by Boris Prilutsky, LMT, MA, Ross Turchaninov, MD  In Part I of this article we briefly discussed what Placebo and Nocebo Effects are and the mechanisms of their activation. To read Part I please click here: 
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THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND ITS ROLE IN MASSAGE THERAPY. PART I

                                                     By Boris Prilutsky, LMT, MA  THE STORY OF MR. WRIGHT
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LET’S TALK ABOUT NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS. PART II: EVALUATION

By Dr. Ross Turchaninov In the previous issue of JMS we published Part I of this article where we discussed anatomy and physiology of Neuromuscular Junctions (NMJs) and their role in the formation of various hy
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LET’S TALK ABOUT NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS. PART I

By Dr. Ross Turchaninov We would like to start an important conversation about the rarely mentioned subject of Neuromuscular Junctions (NMJ), their critical role in the work of healthy muscles and in the develo
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Science of Oncology Massage, Part 2

Massage Therapy In Cases Of Established Anti-Cancer Therapy Dr. Jeffrey M. Cullers, DC In Part 1 of this article published in Issue #2, 2017 we discussed the basic principles of therapy for patients with newly
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HOW REAL SCIENCE DEFEATED “NEW” PAIN CONCEPT

By Dr. Ross Turchaninov  We value our readers, their thoughts, opinions and contributions. This article is a great example of that. The idea to write it came to us as a result of an e-mail sent to Journal of M