A lot of research has been conducted on the effectiveness of massage but the results aren’t fabulous. Why is this? Myotherapist Jenny Richardson ponders whether we’ve been asking the right questions going into massage research studies as an introduction to her presentation at the AMT National Conference in October 2018.
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Start a discussion on trigger points and heated debate ensues. Ever the peacemaker, Aran Bright takes us through each side of the argument so that massage therapists can decide for themselves.
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AMT has released a position statement on the provision of mobile massage therapy services that describes the benefits and evidence to support in-home and corporate massage services.
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In which our hero, Candide, goes traveling with a bunch of people who are at least 47% bicycle and confirms that a bit of optimism can go a bloody long way.
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The Lancet released a 2-article series on Low Back Pain on 22 March 2018. A must read for all AMT members. Also read how the global media has reported on the articles.
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When we think of health and medical research, we tend to conjure an image of a bloke in a white lab coat smearing bacteria onto a petri dish. But there’s loads of practical ways that massage therapists in all their glorious diversity and numbers can collect useful data in clinical practice which may help to nurture and grow our own practice-based research agenda … in fact, you’re probably already collecting useful data, without realising it might form the foundations of something bigger and more researchy.
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The Jelly Donut Theory has been used to explain how our intervertebral discs move and cause pain. Aran Bright challenges this theory with recent research and common sense.
Continue Reading →Rebecca Barnett attended the Placebo Symposium in Sydney in November, and now provides an insight into the presentations and what she learned, and how massage therapists can benefit from the lessons of placebo.
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Evidence-based practices integrate the best available research with clinical observations and patient wants and needs. Dana Scully provides an overview of research methodologies.
Continue Reading →How effective is massage for shoulder pain? A systemic review may have the answer.
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