Medical Massage

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ISCHEMIC COMPRESSION: TO BE OR NOT TO BE? SCIENCE OF TRIGGER POINT THERAPY

by Ross Turchaninov, MD and B. Prilutsky, MA, LMT In the Mar/Apr, May/June, July/Aug and Sept/Oct 2009 issues of JMS, we published a four-part article on Trigger Point Therapy (TPT). Since then we have r
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HOW MASSAGE THERAPY HEALS THE BODY. PART III: Vasodilation Mechanisms

by Ross Turchaninov, MD We continue to review how massage therapy heals the human body via various healing mechanisms we summarized in Diagram 1. We started this discussion in Jan/Feb (Part I) and Mar/Apr (
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CRANIOFACIAL PAIN SYNDROMES AND INTRA-ORAL TRIGGER POINTS

In the July-August, September-October, and November-December 2010 issues of JMS we published a three part article on TMJ dysfunction and in Issue #1of 2011 we published a follow up on the same subject. W
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MASSAGE THERAPY FOR CANCER PATIENTS

We are happy to share with our readers an important review of medical literature which analyzes scientific data on the impact of massage therapy on the level of pain, depression and anxiety in cancer patients.
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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION. FOLLOW-UP

by Ross Turchaninov, MD, Ali A Bipar, DDS, MS Originally we planned to finish the discussion about TMJ dysfunction in the November-December issue of Journal of Massage Science. The article on a completely dif
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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION. PART III

by Ross Turchaninov, MD, Ali A Bipar, DDS, MS This is the final part of the article on TMJ dysfunction, and it is dedicated to the MEDICAL MASSAGE PROTOCOL. We would like to start Part III by addressing the mod
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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION. PART II

by Dr. A. A. BIPAR, D.D.S., M.S. Dr. J. Travell and Dr. S.H. Rinzler (1952) were among first scientists who pointed on tension and spasm in the masticatory muscles as a major contributing factor to TMJ dysfunct
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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION. PART I

PART I: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY by Dr. A. A. BIPAR, D.D.S., M.S. Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) dysfunction is a widely publicized medical condition. Public as well as health practitioners are overwhelmed by coun
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PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME. SCIATICA MEDICAL MASSAGE PROTOCOL

by Dr. R. Turchaninov, MD and Dr. P. Novakovic, MD This is the final part of the article about Piriformis Muscle Syndrome and we will now discuss the step by step application of MEDICAL MASSAGE PROTOCOL using t
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PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME (PMS). SCIATICA. PART II

by P.Novakovic, MD PART II: EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME AND SCIATICA 1. EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME In Part I of this article (see Jan-Feb issue o