Medical Massage
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THE SCIENCE OF PALPATION. PART II: SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE ZONES
By Ross Turchaninov, MD The Science of Palpation articles are the final part of our evaluation series. The Science of the Clinical Interview was published in Issue #1, 2012: Contents of JMS and the Science of V
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DISTORTION OF ILIOPSOAS THERAPY
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov The article in the July/August issue of Massage & Bodywork Magazine written by Til Luchau is about the iliopsoas’s anatomy, role and treatment options. The issue of iliopsoas thera
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THE SCIENCE OF PALPATION. PART I
By Ross Turchaninov, MD This is our third article about the evaluation of patients written for Medical Massage practitioners and those who would like to enter this exciting field. Our first article, “The Scie
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CONCEPT OF BIOTENSEGRITY. PART I: THE FALLACY OF BIOMECHANICS
During the Medical Massage seminars conducted by SOMI, our students ask about the value of dissection courses. We think this is a critically important component of the profession that unfortunately is missed in
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MLD FOR ASCITES SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. PART III: MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE PROTOCOL
By 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 Univer
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NEUROSCIENCE BEHIND THE NEUROMATRIX THEORY OF PAIN: INTERNET POSTS AND LETTERS TO JMS
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 receive pain
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NEUROSCIENCE BEHIND THE NEUROMATRIX THEORY OF PAIN: A NEUROLOGIST’S LETTER AND RESPONSE
Boris, This could not be further from factual science that is highly documented. There ARE multiple pain receptors, including somatic, cutaneous and visceral receptors. OF COURSE the brain receives the pain sig
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The Science of Visual Evaluation
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov We published “SCIENCE OF CLINICAL INTERVIEW” in JMS. This article was met with great enthusiasm by the massage community, and many therapists successfully use the Clinical Interview
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MLD FOR ASCITES SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. PART II
By 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 Univer
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News from the Clinic: Plantar Fasciitis
Two weeks ago, we had an unusual patient in our office. The patient was 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 her right foot
