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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).
A Cardiovascular Canary in a Coal Mine
Approximately half of American men between the ages of 40-70 suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED).
Think Acupuncture Is a Culture of Caring? We Still Have Work to Do
When you think about the acupuncture profession in the United States, promise and potential come to mind – but unfortunately, so does disharmony.
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.
Electroacupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome, also called median nerve entrapment neuropathy, is a painful condition whereby compression of the median nerve that travels through the carpal tunnel causes pain and paraesthesia in the hand.
How Hard Is It to Be Good at Acupuncture? (Pt. 2)
One of my teachers used to say Western medical school is much harder than Eastern medical school, but Eastern medicine is much harder in practice.
10 Steps to a Successful in-Home NIR Therapy Program (Pt. 1)
Peer-reviewed scientific studies over the past several decades show an impressively large list of health conditions that are amenable to NIR (near-infrared/red light) therapy.
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.
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?"
How to Initiate and Grow Referrals
Successful acupuncturists understand the importance of referrals in growing a practice; however, most practitioners would benefit from prioritizing this task.
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.
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.
Acupuncture: Essential for Knee Arthritis
Arthritis is no laughing matter, as evidenced by its prevalence in the U.S. population alone. According to the CDC, nearly one in four adults (more than 54 million people) have arthritis, and more than one in four suffer severe joint pain.
TCM for Primary Dysmenorrhea
Traditional Chinese medicine can be useful in the reduction of pain and occurrence of pain without the use of oral contraceptives, NSAIDS or prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
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.
Understanding the Yi
For years, the yi spirit was one I never fully understood; the only connection I was able to make for it was that it was linked to worry and overthinking.
EBM: In Search of Best Evidence (Pt. 2)
Perhaps you are interested in finding information about what acupuncture points have been proven to work for headaches according to the latest research.
The Forgotten Epidemic in the Time of COVID-19
By the time you read this, we sincerely hope Americans are progressively emerging from the COVID-19 lockdowns that dominated headlines in 2020.
Winter Digestion: Three Key Formulas
The winter season is known for holiday celebrations and larger meals. For most people, this means ample amounts of sweet / fatty foods, while for others, it means more fatty, protein-rich foods.
Healing Hatred
Dr. Wayne Frederick, president of Howard University (an HBCU) and an oncological surgeon, spends his entire life working with patients and students whose lives are negatively affected by a concept he calls "weathering."
Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With TCM
Anxiety is a perfectly normal reaction to stress. It's a physical and psychological coping device, heightening responses and preparing the body for flight, fight or freeze.
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.
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.
"Facial Gua Sha" That Isn't Gua Sha at All
Facial treatments have increased in recent decades for both beauty and wellness. A recent trend among some acupuncturists and estheticians (facialists) has been the application of so-called "facial gua sha."
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.
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.
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Video Clips about Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

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Herewith are some good clips about the world of evidence-based practice. This is just a start…  General Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCfZB5ZZyso Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Definition and 5 As of Evidence-Based Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_HHmZ5oPY Introduction to PICO for Evidence-Based Medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK9H2P_Cpi0 Evidence-Based Practice: Improving Practice, Improving Outcomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvenUa3Ww8o  Literature Searching EBM- Asking an...
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Random Thoughts about Living in an Evidence-Based World

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  When I first began teaching evidence-based practice, one of the comments I sometimes heard was that all we needed was evidence of subluxation or joint dysfunction. This created a great teaching moment, because if you think about it, identifying the presence of subluxation is actually like diagnosis- that is, you are determining that...
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Therapeutic Illusion

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There was an interesting commentary in the March 31st issue of the New England journal of Medicine called “The Science of Choosing Wisely-Overcoming Therapeutic Illusion.” The article pointed out the propensity of human beings to overestimate the effects of their actions. This is an offshoot of a well-defined reasoning fallacy referred to as “faulty...
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Vertebral artery blood flow

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For the past several decades, one consistent question that is yet to be completely answered could be stated as; what is the potential risk of vertebral artery damage during upper cervical manipulation? Here is some of what we know: • Vertebral artery damage can lead to cerebrovascular accidents.(1) • The portion of the vertebral...
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FDA Hierarchy of Trials

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Sometimes when we look up information we may find some research-related terminology that does not make much sense to us. For example, while we do not prescribe drugs we may, in the course of looking up information, come across research papers that describe the process of drug (or device) development, and we should know...
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Journal Impact Factor

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The Impact Factor (IF) of a journal is a measure of how often that journal is cited in other journals. It is seen as a proxy measure of journal importance and significance; the higher the IF, the more often work from that journal is cited elsewhere. This suggests that the information published in the...
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A model for doctors to follow with patients experiencing emotional distress

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Being an effective caregiver includes many challenges. One includes the ability to effectively consult with patients in emotional distress. Fortunately, there are resources available to help practitioners and students develop skills in this area. One such resource is an article recently published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling.(1) In this article, Lundeby and...
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ANOVA: Analysis of Variance

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ANOVA, or analysis of variance, is a statistical procedure you will often see mentioned and used in scientific literature. But what is it? Arun Kumar offers a nice look at this technique in a blog post from 2013 (http://blog.minitab.com/blog/statistics-in-the-field/understanding-anova-by-looking-at-your-household-budget). He begins by noting that in order to understand ANOVA, you need to grapple with...
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A model to follow for patients experiencing emotional distress

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Being an effective caregiver includes many challenges. One includes the ability to effectively consult with patients in emotional distress. Fortunately, there are resources available to help practitioners and students develop skills in this area. One such resource is an article recently published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling.(1) In this article, Lundeby and...
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Ethics in Clinical Research

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In reading clinical research, one thing a practitioner may not think to consider is the human subject ethics of the project they are reviewing. Yet this is an important part of the research, and it is supposed to be reported. What you would look for would be a statement that the participants in the...
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