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Integrative Approaches to Osteoarthritis
The CDC estimates 63 million Americans have doctor-diagnosed arthritis as of 2020, with that number ramping up to 75 million by 2035.
The Benefits of Teaching Touch
This month the MTF took a look at a massage research review titled "The Effect of Massage Therapy on Children's Learning Process: A Review," written by Majid Emtiazy and Mahboobeh Abrishamkar. The article was published in the Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.
Helping Your Clients Turn Back the Clock With Nutrition
The anti-aging market is booming because, well, who doesn't want to look young, healthy and vibrant for as long as possible? And while there are many anti-aging products and systems marketed to the public, few people realize the most effective way to slow down the visible passage of time is to give the body the nutrients it needs to be truly healthy.
Acupuncture for Chronic Insomnia: New Research
Sleep issues are fairly common in a "normal" world, but the past few years have been anything but normal. That means even more patients may be presenting to your clinic with sleep dysfunctions including chronic insomnia.
Alligator Skin (Part 2): A Second Look at Business Contracts
I joined as the only female partner in an integrated medicine practice, shared with three other disciplines. Having developed a few scales (the first stages of alligator skin) and some good business sense, I started out with a one-year contract.
EBM: Where Do We Go From Here?
We began our EBM series in early 2020, just before the all-encompassing coronavirus pandemic impacted every aspect of our lives.
Concerns About Medicare Inclusion
Some people think any bill is better than nothing. Details are crucial. No one has mentioned some of the most important considerations of the new Medicare acupuncture bill.
Qi and Astrophysics Converge (Pt. 2)
I also propose that this problem-solving species, Homo sapiens, found that without knowing who we are and where, that we deal with fear through one of two ways: power or faith.
Learn to Speak the Language of Personal Injury
For many providers, personal-injury cases and working within the med-legal arena can often be a confusing and frustrating endeavor. After all, for the majority, personal injury is a niche.
Trust the Trends, Or Trust Your Instincts?
Being a massage therapist is all about balance. There's the balance between your customers' needs and wants, the balance between what's good for clients and what's good for business, and the balance between overseeing current business and forecasting for the future.
What It's Like to Be a Hospital-Based Massage Therapist
It was the early 1990s the first time I ever saw a massage therapist in a health care setting in my home state of Minnesota. I was working at a nursing home at the time, and I learned of a resident who would receive weekly massages (which I thought was great).
Permanent Reinstatement Route to Active NCCAOM Certification Coming Next Year
In 2013, the NCCAOM introduced a route for former diplomates to return to active  NCCAOM certification by meeting eligibility requirements and passing an NCCAOM Reinstatement Examination.
The Best Way to Learn Accurate Pulse Diagnosis: Start With Your Own
Pulse diagnosis has played a great role in traditional Chinese medicine ever since its beginning, more than two thousand years ago; and while it has been a staple of diagnostic methods in TCM all these years, guides on pulse diagnosis have been employing somewhat confusing metaphors to classify pulse qualities.
Not Texting? Your Patients Want You To
When you are trying to communicate with patients, long gone are the days that email was king. The best and most reliable place to reach patients in today's mobile world is via text messaging.
The Anatomy of Expression (Pt. 1)
The anatomy of expression refers to the relationship between our facial expressions, our muscles, meridians and our inner universe.
A Structural Challenge: Successfully Treating a Morton's Neuroma
Runners, triathletes, dancers, hikers, cyclists, almost all athletes, and even couch potatoes have shown up in my office looking for alternatives to surgery for neuromas. A Morton's neuroma occurs when the tissue in the foot (next to a nerve that leads to a toe) thickens and becomes fibrous.
Acupuncture for Chronic Prostatitis / CPPS
More than one in 10 men experience chronic prostatitis, with frustrating symptoms including pain, urinary problems and sexual dysfunction.
How the Human Body Responds to Stress
This new series of articles will suggest a different perspective for you to view clients presenting with stubbornly chronic somatic dysfunctions. It will also propose a novel answer to the question, "How does the human body respond to stress?"
Down to Earth: Nourishing Point Prescriptions to Help Patients During the Fall and Winter Months
The concept of prevention is important when the seasons begin to turn a bit colder and darker. I always teach patients how to slowly transition their diet and daily routines to harmonize with the fall season and prepare the body for the coming winter months.
Multiarticulate Muscles & Injury: Understanding the Mechanical Load
Muscles have a primary role in creating and limiting movement in the body. They are also the major focus of our work in massage therapy, with many injuries caused by improper loads on the muscular system.
Acupuncture & Adjunctive Treatments for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Case Report
Ramsay Hunt syndrome is quite similar to Bell's palsy, which is caused by varicella-zoster virus infection. The virus attacks the facial nerve geniculate ganglion, causing peripheral facial paralysis.
A Ray of Hope for Parkinson's Disease Patients
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by resting tremors, stiffness coupled with slowed movement, impaired balance, bradykinesia, and depression.
CranioSacral Therapy & The Rare Case of Vertigo
I had heard of folks getting dizzy and nauseous when experiencing vertigo, but I had never heard of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) until my husband Joe was diagnosed with it.
How Many Acupuncture Sets Can Be Billed?

A Postoperative Story: The Surgery Explained & Secrets to My Recovery
If working with a joint replacement patient, be sure you know the rehabilitation protocols of the particular appliance. If you don't, with permission, consult with the surgeon to learn them. Otherwise, stay away.
Spirits of the Points: The Lung Official
Just as the metal element gives value to the earth in the form of minerals and trace elements, as well as providing the pure, life-giving qi we breathe, metal gives the inner sense of self-worth to each individual.
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Archive for June 11th, 2018

Placebo as an ally

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Bialosky and Colleagues have conducted and published results from several studies focused on understanding the mechanisms of spinal manipulation and other manual therapies.(1-5) In a recent article, these authors discuss a pertinent issue: the “placebo mechanisms of manual therapy.”(6) The authors suggest that known placebo mechanisms should be considered an important part of the...
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