Original Question: This post is intended for therapists who practice the clinical aspects of Massage Therapy. A patient came to our clinic with an acute left lower back pain history. He was tr
This post is intended for therapists who practice the clinical aspects of Massage Therapy. Original Question: Patient #1 Patient A experienced burning pain throughout the day and night in the righ
The original question was: A patient came into our clinic with acute right-lower-back pain that amplifies during rotation, deep breathing, and sneezing. The lower back pain started after an excessive workout in
The patient/client evaluation consists of three equally important steps that contribute valuable data to the correct assessment of the tissues and designing an optimal treatment strategy. Therefore, an essentia
MEDICAL MASSAGE VS MIGRAINE TYPE CLUSTER HEADACHE by Dr. Ross Turchaninov My thanks to everyone for posting your comments. Let’s first address some concerns th
Thank you to everyone who shared your expertise in response to our original post. Just as a reminder, the question was what two local conditions can explain the skin re
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, Phoenix We thank everyone who commented on the original post. Those of you who mentioned Cauda Equina Syndrome were absolutely correct and we apprecia
Thank you everybody for the comments left in our FB post. It is great to see active engagement of the therapists who practice clinical aspects of MT. Many causes to the c
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov, Phoenix, AZ In this clinical case we are going to illustrate one important notion: Medical Massage practice is an essential part of the MT profession and medicine in g
By Dr. Ross Turchaninov Phoenix, AZ In the previous issue of JMS, in the ‘News From The Clinic’ section we published the clinical case “Medical Massage vs Pneumonia’s Residuals”: