Medical Massage
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CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF MASSAGE THERAPY: NEW SCIENTIFIC DATA
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, MD Several years ago, we published the first article in a series under the general name “How Massage Heals The Body.” In these articles, we reviewed modern scientific sources on wha
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FORMING A CONSENSUS ON MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS
By Mary Biancalana, MS Edu, CMTPT, LMT This article is an overview of the very interesting paper, “International Consensus on Diagnostic Criteria and Clinical Considerations of Myofascial Trigger Points, a De
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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 that we started in issue #1, 2018 (THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND ITS RO
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A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT OVERUSING THE ELBOW AND FOREARM IN MASSAGE THERAPY
By Stephen Ryason, CMMP, LMT The use of the forearm and elbow as tools during a massage session is a legitimate therapy option. The reasoning is very simple. If we can use the forearm and elbow during a session
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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 the Placebo Effect published in issues #1 (THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND ITS ROLE IN MASSAGE THERAPY. PART I) and #2 (THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND IT
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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 articl
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THE PLACEBO EFFECT AND ITS ROLE IN MASSAGE THERAPY. PART II
By Boris Prilutsky, LMT, MAand Ross Turchaninov, MD In Part I of this article, we briefly discussed what the Placebo and Nocebo Effects are and the mechanisms of their activation. Read Part I: THE PLACEBO EFFEC
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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 “In 1957 a patient in Long Beach, CA who suffered from multiple cancer tumors the size of oranges was given only days to live. While dying in the hospital h
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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 the anatomy and physiology of Neuromuscular Junctions (NMJs) and their role in the formation of vario
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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 (NMJs) and their critical role in the work of healthy muscles and in the de
