PART III: MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE PROTOCOL John F. Mramor, MA, LMT, CLT, NCTMB, CR, RM Medical Advisors: Michael Harrington, MD, Director, Palliative Care Consult Service, MetroHealth Medical Center and Assistant
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 brain does not recei
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 the pain signals! Ho
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov In issue #1, 2012 of JMS we published “The Science Of Clinical Interview.” This article was met with great enthusiasm by the massage community and many therapists successfully use th
John F. Mramor, MA, LMT, CLT, NCTMB, CR, RM Medical Advisors: Michael Harrington, MD, Director, Palliative Care Consult Service, MetroHealth Medical Center and Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve Universi
Two weeks ago we had unusual patient in our office. The patient in her early fifties and very fit. Four years ago she did a lot of step aerobics and started to have pain on the bottom of the right foot. She con
by Dr. Ross Turchaninov In Part I of this article published in Issue #3, 2014 of JMS we discussed the Gate Control Theory of Pain and its clinical applications. Part II published in Issue #4, 2014 of JMS cover
by John F. Mramor, MA, LMT, CLT, NCTMB, CR, RM This is the first part of an article about Ascites and its manual treatment, submitted to JMS by John F. Mramor, LMT. At the beginning I would like to mention the
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov We continue our series of articles under the general name, “How Massage Therapy Heals The Body” (please refer to issues of Jan/Feb, 2010; Mar/April, 2010; #3, 2011: #4 2011, JMS). In
THE PHENOMENON OF PAIN AND MASSAGE THERAPY: GATE-CONTROL THEORY OF PAIN by Ross Turchaninov, MD We continue to review how massage therapy heals the human body via various healing mechanisms we summarized in Fig
