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8 Great Tests for Nerve Tension
Lower back pain is one of the most common medical complaints today, and comes with many different presentations. Pain can be localized, or give tension up the back, or down the hips and legs.
The Continuum of Mechanics: Addressing Mobility Vs. Stability
Mobility and stability have been buzzwords for quite awhile now, but as with any notorious language in the field of movement, it's often bastardized with little regard for solid understanding.

Transportation & Distribution: Your Guide to the Spleen
The Spleen, with its paired Official, the Stomach, represents the Earth Element within us. Earth, in the cycle of the five seasons, is associated with the late summer — harvest time.
Axillary Myofascial Release: A Guide to Lymphatic Drainage
The deep fascia of the thorax invests the pectoralis major muscle.
Coming to a Hospital Near You: Acupuncture
Revised pain management assessment and management standards1 by The Joint Commission require accredited hospitals to "provide nonpharmacologic pain treatment modalities" as a necessary performance element.
What's Bugging You? Probiotics & Your Health
An estimated 100 trillion microorganisms representing more than 500 different species inhabit every normal, healthy bowel. Gut-dwelling bacteria keep pathogens in check, aid digestion and nutrient absorption, and contribute to immune function.
Mixing Ancient & Contemporary Knowledge to Treat Dysphagia
Chinese scalp acupuncture is a contemporary technique with only 45 years of clinical use in China and even less here in the West.

The Four Elements of Mastery: Your Model for Success
The word mastery is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "possession or display of great skill or technique."
Apps for the Modern Acupuncturist: The Digital Resources Patient-Centered Care Requires
Twice in my career the power has gone out while treating patients. In both instances, we lit a number of candles and the entire thrust of Chinese medicine continued without interruption.
Women's Hormones: A Guide to the Cycle & Infertility (Part 1)
A widespread problem in women caused by hormonal imbalance is infertility; with nearly six million couples in America alone being afflicted by it. In approximately 60 percent of the cases, the infertility can be attributed to the female partner, whereas the rest (40 percent) are because of unhealthy male partners.
The Visual Error Scoring System: A Concussion Tool
Postural stability and oculomotor function are the most easily recognized physical indicators of neurologic motor dysfunction associated with concussions.
Social Listening Tools: Appeal to More Clients
If you use Facebook or Twitter or participate in an online forum, then you know that people have a lot to say. Often, individuals share opinions online that they might never express in a face-to-face conversation.

Rehabbing the Hip With Structural Balance
In the field of physical rehabilitation that includes physiatrists, osteopaths, orthopedics, physical therapists, massage therapists, and occupational therapists, one of the biggest challenges is the "hip complex." What is seen in this hip complex is one of the iliums rotates anteriorly and one rotates posteriorly.

Enough: Money & Your Life
Many of you know me as a massage therapist with a PhD, and as someone who has worked hard to help practitioners across the integrative health disciplines better understand and use scientific research to improve clinical practice.
FSMTB Job Task Analysis Survey
The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) has made its 2017 Job Task Analysis Survey available to all massage and bodywork therapy professionals.
Take the NCBTMB Survey
On the heels of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) Job Task Analysis Survey, which closed Aug. 18, the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) has launched its own job task analysis survey to "[elicit] input on the tasks performed by massage therapists and the knowledge required for massage therapists at different levels of experience."
Massage: Coming to a Hospital Near You?
Revised pain management assessment and management standards1 by The Joint Commission require accredited hospitals to "provide nonpharmacologic pain treatment modalities" as a necessary performance element.
The FDA Recommends Acupuncture: Comments From Key AOM Stakeholders
In March 2016, the FDA requested the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) provide a [report] on the current  state of science regarding prescription opioid abuse and misuse, and its use in acute and chronic pain management.
Embracing Coalition: Working Together for a Better Future
To Our Fellow Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Educators: During the May 2017 Coalition Meeting in Indianapolis, it came to the attention of leaders at NCBTMB and FSMTB that our profession needed a resource to better identify and connect with the volunteer-based organizations serving us.
Ohio Makes Medicaid History for AOM
October 1, 2017 will mark a significant day in history for the acupuncture profession, as this will be the first day Ohio Medicaid recipients will have access to covered acupuncture benefits - the first state in the Midwest to do so.
The Holistic Personal Trainer & You
You will discover how a massage therapist is the perfect fit for the future of personal training. Research suggests that musculoskeletal pain is more common now than it was 40 years ago.

Understanding Social Listening: Skills That Can "Work" For You
If you use Facebook or Twitter or participate in an online forum, then you know that people have a lot to say. Often, individuals share opinions online that they might never express in a face-to-face conversation.
We Get Letters: A Response to Mr. Stephens
In the May edition of Massage Today, Ralph Stephens expresses that massage licensure is not necessary for our field. My response to this notion is that the removal of licensure requirements for massage will create more problems than solve.
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Rethinking purpose

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In a recent article, authors Tom Janisse and Karen Tallman described a study reporting key traits of physicians rated highest by patients . These characteristics are expressed typically through interpersonal communication methods, but they are rooted in fundamental ideas about how providers think. This study uncovered personal experiences that helped transform physician’s ways of...
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Low back pain and respiratory disorders

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Why patients don’t seek care may be revealed in results from a study that interviewed 93 participants over age 65 who were asked about their experience with restricting back pain. Questions probed for beliefs, behaviors, coping mechanisms, emotional effects, and experiences with doctors. The...
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Spinal manipulation and cervical disc herniation

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Cost-effectiveness and musculoskeletal chest pain

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Is it neurogenic or vascular claudication?

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