JMS 2026 Issue #1 | SOMI

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Table of Contents Issue #1 2026

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR PERSON OF THE MONTH SCIENCE OF MEDICAL MASSAGE MEDICAL MASSAGE: SIMPLIFYING A COMPLEX MATTER by Boris Prilutsky, LMT, MA TREATING THE PAIN IS CHASING THE TAIL. PART III: Therapist’s Fir
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Person of the Month Issue #1 2026

            There were three exceptional clinical contributions to JMS in 2025: Kimberly Merryman, LMT, CMMP: MEDICAL MASSAGE THERAPY vs. RETT SYNDROME Madison Mawson, LMT: MEDICAL
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TREATING THE PAIN IS CHASING THE TAIL. PART III: Therapist’s First Enemy – Hyperirritability of Peripheral Receptors

By Dr. Ross TurchaninovPhoenix, AZ We continue our important discussion about the pain-analyzing system, its activation by somatic abnormalities, and its control during Medical Massage sessions. In Part I, TREA
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MEDICAL MASSAGE: SIMPLIFYING A COMPLEX MATTER

From the Author The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Massage Science, Dr. Ross Turchaninov, recently invited me to write an educational article on a topic of my choice. As he stated, “Our readers should be a
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Letter from the Editor Issue #1 2026

Dear colleagues,             Welcome to JMS’s issue #1 of 2026! We invite you to learn about Massage Science. Our Person of the Month is Kimberly Merryman, LMT, CMMP. JMS readers voted for her clinical
Troy Flathau, LMT, CMMP
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SEVENTEEN-LEVEL SPINAL FUSION AND POSTTRAUMATIC ANTERIOR SCALENE SYNDROME vs. MEDICAL MASSAGE

This clinical case was submitted to the Journal of Massage Science by SOMI’s recent graduate of the Medical Massage Certification Program, Troy Flathau, LMT, CMMP. The uniqueness of this case lies in the comp