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[STUDY] Impact of Massage Therapy on the Quality of Life of Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers: A Pilot Study

Evidence for massage therapy (MT) in hospice patients remains limited. Researchers conducted a prospective pilot study on MTs impact on quality of life of hospice patients and caregivers.


Gene allowing humans to feel touch may play a role in sense of smell

Can you smell those roses? There’s a real possibility that the gene that helps you experience their heavenly fragrance may also help you feel the prick of their thorns.


Two key factors cooperatively regulate the stress response to exercise

Athletes and the general population alike train to promote health and physical fitness. With repeated exposure to the minimal stress of exercise, the body adapts.
 
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Architecture of Human Living Fascia

This richly illustrated book, with accompanying DVD and website, presents Dr Guimberteau’s groundbreaking work, and explains its significance for manual therapists and movement teachers, and its implications for what they do with patients and clients.

Dr Guimberteau is the first person to film living human tissue through an endoscope in an attempt to understand the organisation of living matter. He has developed his own concept of the multifibrillar structural organisation of the body, of which the microvacuole is the basic functional unit. He has also developed a concept of global dynamics and continuous matter.
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Breathing

My breath: “Direct patient/client in diaphragmatic breathing”

Massage therapists provide treatment and care management strategies for various medical complaints including respiratory health and mental wellbeing. In fact, the guidelines from the Inter-Jurisdictional Competency Profile Appendix (FOMTRAC, 2016) is very explicit. An excerpt found on page 25 states: “Entry-level Massage Therapists should possess knowledge of the etiology, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations of commonly-occurring conditions and impairments, and apply this knowledge in order to safely and effectively assess and treat patients/clients who present with these conditions and impairments. Relevant Performance Indicators are associated with Practice Competencies 2.c and 3.1.c.” » Learn More
 
Events and courses 
 

MTAM Spring Conference

April 29-May 1
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Massage Therapy for Clients with a History of Trauma or PTSD

Starts Feb 26, weekly sessions
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