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International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

https://read.qxmd.com/read/36866184/applying-scientific-rationale-to-the-current-perceptions-and-explanations-of-massage-and-miscarriage-in-the-first-trimester
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Fogarty, Ruth Werner, Joanna L James
Miscarriage is a relatively common occurrence, impacting 8-15% of clinically recognised pregnancies, and up to 30% of all conceptions. The public perception of the risk factors associated with miscarriage does not match the evidence. Evidence indicates that there are very few modifiable factors to prevent miscarriage, and the majority of the time little could have been done to prevent a spontaneous miscarriage. However, the public perception is that consuming drugs, lifting a heavy object, previous use of an intrauterine device, or massage can all contribute to miscarriage...
March 2023: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36866183/greetings-from-the-new-executive-editor
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EDITORIAL
Amanda Baskwill
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
March 2023: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36866182/comparative-effectiveness-of-gua-sha-cryostretch-and-positional-release-technique-on-tenderness-and-function-in-subjects-with-plantar-fasciitis-a-randomized-clinical-trial
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Aditi Jadhav, Peeyoosha Gurudut
BACKGROUND: Plantar fasciitis (PF) can be treated effectively with manual techniques like cryostretch (CS) and the positional release technique (PRT). Although Gua Sha (GS) has been suggested in the literature for PF, its efficacy has not been studied in the research. OBJECTIVE: To determine and compare the effectiveness of GS, CS, and PRT in subjects with PF in terms of pain intensity, pain pressure threshold, and foot function. METHODS/DESIGN: Thirty-six patients with PF (n=36) were randomly allocated to three study groups (12 in each group)-group GS, group CS, and group PRT, respectively...
March 2023: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36866181/preliminary-study-short-term-beneficial-effects-of-thai-tok-sen-massage-on-pain-pressure-pain-threshold-and-upper-trapezius-muscle-thickness-among-people-with-shoulder-pain
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Araya Yankai, Jirakrit Leelarungrayub, James J Laskin
BACKGROUND: Shoulder muscle pain and spasm is the most common problem in people after prolonged working, similar to that resulting from office syndrome. Various medicinal treatments with analgesic drugs, hot packs, therapeutic ultrasound, or deep friction techniques can be clinically applied. Alternatively, traditional Thai massage (TM) with deep compression gentle technique also can help to release that problem. In addition, an traditional Thai treatment with Tok Sen (TS) massage has been generally performed in the Northern part of Thailand without any scientific evidence support...
March 2023: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36866180/perpetuating-victimization-with-efforts-to-reduce-human-trafficking-a-call-to-action-for-massage-therapist-protection
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mica Rosenow, Niki Munk
Human trafficking guised as massage therapy businesses is a highly successful business model that creates independent but related victims beyond the women and girls forced into sex work. Massage clinicians and the massage therapy profession are also negatively impacted by the trafficking massage business model with over 9,000 established illicit massage businesses marketing services alongside professional therapeutic massage businesses. Credential regulation efforts advocated for by various massage-related professional organizations and regulating agencies have fallen short in their purported intentions to protect massage therapists and trafficking victims...
March 2023: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36467309/massage-therapy-as-a-complementary-treatment-for-stiffness-and-numbness-post-cervical-spinal-cord-injury-a-case-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Dorothy Deetz, Benjamin K Petrie
INTRODUCTION: Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) commonly result in pain, stiffness, weakness and numbness. There are limitations in the ability of the standard medical approach to manage many symptoms of SCI. This case study examined the effects of massage therapy as a "complementary" therapy to treat post-operative numbness and stiffness after removal of a cavernous hemangioma intermeshed with a 26-year-old male patient's spinal cord. METHODS: The patient received eight, one-hour therapeutic massage sessions over five months...
December 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36467308/acute-effects-of-a-single-session-of-full-body-foam-rolling-on-heart-rate-variability
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thomas Kopec
BACKGROUND: Self-myofascial release has been demonstrated to increase relaxation and improve blood flow, yet it is unknown if it can elicit an acute effect on heart rate variability (HRV). PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine if a single-bout of foam rolling could increase parasympathetic activity as measured by HRV. METHODS: Twenty (20) participants volunteered and their baseline HRV was assessed using a finger sensor while lying supine, and then a second measure was recorded with them sitting upright with feet on the ground...
December 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36467307/proprioceptive-neuromuscular-facilitation-neck-pattern-and-trunk-specific-exercise-on-trunk-control-and-balance-an-experimental-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marimuthu Dinesh, Paluchamy Thenmozhi, Selvaraj KalaBarathi
BACKGROUND: Most stroke survivors continue to live with disabilities and may require physical rehabilitation to control the trunk and balance during the post-stroke period. The cause of lack of trunk control and balance among stroke patients is the weakened trunk muscle strength. PURPOSE: To study the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) neck pattern and trunk-specific exercise on trunk control and balance among stroke patients. SETTING: The study was conducted at the medical wards of Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India...
December 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36467306/-so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish-an-editor-s-farewell
#29
EDITORIAL
Ann Blair Kennedy
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
December 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36061229/case-report-on-visceral-manipulation-in-adolescent-idiopathic-scoliosis
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Matias Chahab, Pamela Donnet, Daniel Hernandez
INTRODUCTION: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a deformity that affects the spine in three dimensions. Even though AIS patients are usually asymptomatic, AIS negatively impacts them, affecting their quality of life and restricting their social life. There are many treatment options but no gold standard. Visceral manipulation (VM) is widely used in osteopathic practice for the treatment of several conditions, but it is little known among the medical community. To the best of our knowledge, there are no scientific studies reporting VM as a treatment alternative for AIS...
September 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36061228/characterizing-a-common-class-of-spontaneous-movements
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Joel Begin, Luiz Fernando Bertolucci, Dorothea Blostein, Budiman Minasny
Our aim is to describe a possible class of nonpathological spontaneous movements that has so far received little attention in the scientific literature. These movements arise spontaneously without an underlying pathology such as Huntington's, Parkinson's, cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury. The movements arise in many different contexts including therapeutic, social, religious, and solitary settings. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the movements are related to development and maintenance of form, being part of inherited autoregulatory behaviors and hence bringing an overlooked therapeutic potential...
September 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36061227/covid-19-and-massage-therapy-education-impact-and-future-implications
#32
EDITORIAL
Becca Torns-Barker, Ann Blair Kennedy
Massage therapy education processes, practices, and research are rarely described in the scientific literature, and the Covid-19 pandemic may have caused dramatic shifts in how massage therapists were being educated. To date, findings of the impact of the pandemic pivot on massage therapy education have yet to be reported. This editorial explores the trends in hands-on education of other professions during the pandemic and relates these trends to massage therapy education. Currently, it is unknown how institutions supported massage therapy educators in preparation for the shift to online and hybrid learning...
September 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36061226/a-survey-of-canadian-massage-therapists-experiences-of-work-related-pain
#33
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wray Barraclough, Amanda Baskwill, Colin Higgs, Stacey Neilson, Debbie Wilcox
An investigation into the work-related pain (WRP) experienced by Massage Therapists (MTs) in Ontario, Canada was undertaken using voluntary completion of an online questionnaire following broad distribution of requests to take part in this study. Data from respondents were included for analysis if they provided informed consent and were a currently or previously registered MT in the region. With voluntary participation, self-selection respondent bias must be considered in evaluating reported results. Valid questionnaires (n=1103) were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively...
September 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36061225/massage-therapy-a-person-centred-approach-to-chronic-pain
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Richard Lebert, Monica Noy, Eric Purves, Jacqueline Tibbett
Person-centred care is an emergent movement within evidence-based medicine that has the potential to transform the health care system. Person-centred care is a collaborative approach in which health care professionals partner with patients to co-design and deliver personalized care with a focus on physical comfort, emotional well-being, and patient empowerment. By embracing person-centred care through two-way communication, patient engagement, and self-management strategies, massage therapists have the potential to further reduce suffering associated with chronic pain in our society...
September 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35686176/comparison-of-the-effect-of-reflexology-and-swedish-massage-on-restless-legs-syndrome-and-sleep-quality-in-patients-undergoing-hemodialysis-a-randomized-clinical-trial
#35
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alireza Ghanbari, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Mahlagha Dehghan, Hossein Mardanparvar, Esmaeil Kargar Dowlat Abadi, Asghar Emami, Esmaeil Sarikhani-Khorrami
Background: Patients undergoing hemodialysis experience painful complications such as restless leg syndrome and poor sleep quality, which negatively affect their quality of life. Purpose: This study aimed to compare the effect of reflexology and Swedish massage on restless leg syndrome and sleep quality in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Method: This is a randomized clinical trial conducted on 90 patients undergoing hemodialysis. The two intervention groups received either foot reflexology (n = 30) or Swedish massage (n = 30) for four weeks...
June 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35686175/the-effect-of-muscle-energy-technique-and-posture-correction-exercises-on-pain-and-function-in-patients-with-non-specific-chronic-neck-pain-having-forward-head-posture-a-randomized-controlled-trail
#36
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Reema Joshi, Nishita Poojary
Background: Neck pain is a common problem in individuals despite different types of working patterns. Forward head posture is a common identified cause of chronic neck pain in patients. The effect of long-term forward head posture can be loss of function which can limit individuals' capacity to work or do activities of daily living; hence it becomes necessary to intervene with muscle strengthening to improve neck stability, as well as mobility. Purpose: To assess effectiveness of muscle energy technique (MET) and posture correction exercises on pain and function in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain having forward head posture...
June 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35280247/evaluation-of-lumbar-myofascial-release-effects-on-lumbar-flexion-angle-and-pelvic-inclination-angle-in-patients-with-non-specific-low-back-pain
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hassan Tamartash, Farid Bahrpeyma
BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown that changes in lumbar flexion angle and the pelvic inclination angle can be affected by the shortening of the lumbar muscles, which can cause low back pain. Decreased lumbar flexion angle and pelvic inclination angle can cause or exacerbate low back pain by disrupting the lumbo-pelvic rhythm. PURPOSE: This study aimed to use myofascial release techniques as a specialized treatment on muscle tissue to cause muscles to reach the optimal length and improve lumbar flexion angle and pelvic inclination angle, and thus improve low-back pain...
March 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35280246/the-experience-of-shiatsu-for-care-partners-and-persons-living-with-dementia-a-qualitative-pilot-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Leisa Bellmore
Background: Dementia is a progressive neurological condition that affects over 50 million people. It impacts quality of life for those diagnosed, their care partners, and the relationship between the two. Strategies to enhance quality of life and relationships are needed. Shiatsu may improve care partners' well-being. Using touch through shiatsu may offer a meaningful way for care partners to interact with their partners living with dementia. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore care partners' experience of using both self-shiatsu and shiatsu with their partner, as well as to explore care partners' perceptions of the impact of shiatsu on the quality of their relationship...
March 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35280245/effect-of-aromatherapy-massage-on-depression-and-anxiety-of-elderly-adults-a-randomized-controlled-trial
#39
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shima Mehrabian, Batool Tirgari, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi, Haleh Tajadini, Yunes Jahani
Introduction: This study investigated the effect of aromatherapy massage with lavender, chamomile, and rosemary oils on the depression and anxiety of elderly adults living in nursing homes. Methods: This randomized controlled trail was conducted on elderly adults living in nursing homes in Kerman, Iran. Through convenience sampling, 38 elderly adults were recruited and assessed using demographic questionnaire and Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS), respectively...
March 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
https://read.qxmd.com/read/35280244/the-use-of-massage-to-support-emotional-and-physical-health-in-a-pregnancy-after-stillbirth-a-case-study
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah Fogarty
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of massage aiming to support a mum in her pregnancy after a previous stillbirth. The client's goal varied over the course of her pregnancy, but her main motivation was to help manage the anxiety and stress of pregnancy after a previous stillbirth. METHODS: A 32-year-old pregnant woman received seven massages over a seven-month period. The Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing (MYCaW) outcome measure was used at each session to identify the client's concerns at that time point...
March 2022: International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
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