LETTER FROM THE EDITOR WE NEED YOUR HELP CHECK YOUR CLNICAL REASONING #10 SCIENCE OF MEDICAL MASSAGE KNEE REPLACEMENT PATIENT WITH A PSYCHOLOGICAL TWIST (Brain Defense Mechanisms) by Curt Lezanic, LMT, CMMP TRE
Every year, we ask our readers to vote for the best Case of the Month International Contest from JMS. You choose the best clinical case contribution, and the Winner gets a SOMI Diploma, a $500 check, and the ch
Dear colleagues, Welcome to JMS’s issue #3 of 2025! We invite you to learn about Massage Science. In the section “Check Your Clinical Reasoning,” we published a clinical
INTRODUCTION Therapists are on an endless quest to help patients/clients suffering from various forms of somatic pain and dysfunction. Massage schools, countless continuing education classes, and numerous textb
We hope that all our readers will greatly enjoy and appreciate this clinical case submitted by Sandra Abbott, LMT, CMMP, a recent graduate of SOMI’s Medical Massage Certification Program. All of our former st
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov In Part I of this article, TREATING THE PAIN IS CHASING THE TAIL. PART I we reviewed the initial and critical components of the pain-analyzing system—specifically, the normal and abnor
ORIGINAL QUESTION A patient presented to our clinic with severe posterior neck and upper-shoulder pain, headache, and “pins and needles” sensations along the radial side of the forearm ext
