Articles in the pain management Category
injury recovery, massage, pain management, sports massage »
Sprains, tendonitis, broken bones… What comes to mind first when you hear these words? Football? Rugby? Mixed martial arts? Ballet? Wait. “Ballet”?!?! Yep.
The article Sprains and tendonitis: Dancer injuries and treatments by Lindsay Zier-Vogel introduces us to Paul Papoutsakis, the company athletic therapist for the National Ballet of Canada. As company athletic therapist, Papoutsakis “regularly treats acute injuries, like twisted ankles and broken bones, and says the pain threshold of dancers is probably the highest of all other athletes.”, the article informs us.
gift certificates, newsletters, pain management »
The Massage Message: November 26th, 2008
Tea Fire FREE Healing and Massage Clinic
I’ll be volunteering at a free massage/bodywork clinic for the fire survivors and firemen. Please spread the word to any of the survivors and firemen you may know.
Date: December 7, Sunday
Time: 12:30 – 6pm
More info here.
baby boomers, headaches and migraines, newsletters, sports massage »
The Massage Message: November 11th, 2008
Holiday De-Stresser Special…
10-Minute Headache Eraser: $15!
10-minute sessions specifically designed to get rid of (or keep away) headaches!
No appointment necessary.
Day: Every Wednesday
Time: 1-3pm
Location:
Conditioning Specialists (map)
1329 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Cost: $15
More info…
News
From Massage-Santa-Barbara.com
In Korea, Massage Industry Monopolized by the Visually Impaired
“Did you know that in Korea, only the blind can become licensed massage therapists? Yes, blind people have a constitutional monopoly on the massage industry there and have for nearly a century. Amazing, huh? Why?”
Read more…
Self Help
Plantar Fasciitis: Overview, Prevention and …
baby boomers, generation-x-ers, injury recovery, newsletters, pain management, self help, specials, sports massage, workout recovery »
The Massage Message: October 28th, 2008
Events
World’s Greatest Massage Workshop: This Sunday!
(Last chance in 2008!!)
Time: 2pm – 5pm
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Location: SB Yoga Center
News
Weird
Massage by Snakes!?!
“Barak has a business where clients lie on a massage table and have snakes slither around on them to give their own version of massage!”
Read more…
New Web Sites
Introducing Massage-Santa-Barbara.com
“…an on-line community and directory of health professionals and clients… …a discussion forum, a resource center, and a “face”…”
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Photos / Reviews
World’s Greatest Massage Workshop with Lia Suzuki, October 11th
“…everyone seemed to have lots of fun …
headaches and migraines »
Steve Ross and Olivia Rosewood
Posted August 10, 2008 | 07:23 AM (EST)
I have been a massage therapist for 15 years, and I love to help dissolve pain. I believe that joy, freedom, strength, and mobility are normal states of being for humans — anything that deviates is the body shouting for help. Pain, vomiting, dizziness — not to mention irritability — are just a few of the symptoms I’ve heard about from clients who suffer from migraines. There is no worse feeling in the world than not knowing how …
carpal tunnel syndrome, injury recovery, massage and the medical profession, sports massage »
Russian Sports Massage for Violinists’ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
By Zhenya Kurashova Wine
Originally published in Massage & Bodywork magazine, April/May 2000.Copyright 2003. Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. All rights reserved.
Some time back I received a request from a reader to cover treatments for violinists. Although violin-playing is not a sport, these clients are athletes — each day undergoing continuous use of their upper extremities, especially the hands. Let’s cover some of the common dysfunctions seen in violinists, as well as preventive treatments to help keep these athletes’ upper extremities in good …
headaches and migraines »
By Melanie B. Glover
Published 12:00 am PST Sunday, February 3, 2008
Story appeared in SCENE section, Page L8
Migraines hurt.
While symptoms vary from person to person, the pain associated with these headaches is always unpleasant. But there is hope for those who’ve given up on their own coping strategies, and it’s literally within arm’s reach.
Studies have shown that massage therapy can relieve or prevent pain connected with migraines,
injury recovery, massage and the medical profession, pain management »
By Camden Massage Therapy
Clay King, 691-5140
CAMDEN (Dec 26): In a perfect world, traditional medicine would be able to focus on preventative health care rather than treating illness and injury. Insurance would happily cover therapies prescribed by a physician promoting physical and emotional well being instead of having to treat patients for all the preventable troubles that seem to plague us these days. It’s hard to deny the fact that therapeutic massage is the number one way to defuse stress, a leading cause of most visits to our primary care …
alternative medicine, headaches and migraines, massage in the workplace »
Massage: A simple 10-minute chair massage can release the tension in our bodies. The Sanford School Department is a local business that has offered to make massage therapy available for its staff. This past school year, the department instituted a program in which a local massage therapist sets up at each of the schools and offers 10-minute chair massages for only $5. The program is hugely popular and very well utilized.
pain management »
Massage is an effective and safe adjuvant therapy for the relief of acute postoperative pain in patients undergoing major operations.
massage and the medical profession, pain management »
If you know someone who’s getting ready to go into surgery, consider holding off on the get-well-soon balloons, and start looking for a good massage therapist instead. A new study published in the December issue of the American Medical Association’s Archives of Surgery found that massage, in conjunction with regular pain medication, significantly improved patient pain and anxiety after major surgery.
deep tissue massage, pain management »
According to a survey done by the American Massage Therapy Association in 2007, 32 percent of Americans say they have used massage at least once for pain relief. Massage therapy is sneaking up on traditional pain relief like chiropractic therapy – 38 percent and physical therapy – 44 percent.
compression massage, pain management »
The aim of this pilot study was to compare the effects of a single treatment of the ischemic compression technique with transverse friction massage for myofascial trigger point (MTrP) tenderness. Forty subjects, 17 men and 23 women, aged 19–38 years old, presenting with mechanical neck pain and diagnosed with MTrPs in the upper trapezius muscle, according to the diagnostic criteria described by Simons and by Gerwin, participated in this pilot study.
