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Massage Cupping for Muscle Adhesions and Scarring Caused by Tattoos
NAT instructor Vicki Ramsdell LMT talks about tattoos, muscle adhesions and how cupping is her "go to" modality for treating these. Links Find a Trigger Point...
Treating Shoulder Pain - Shoulder Arthritis
Find a Therapist Near You Shoulder arthritis - for most cases, there are treatments that may help reduce the pain and improve range of motion In 2011,...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Spondylolisthesis
Trigger Point Therapy Treatment for Spondylolisthesis Spondylolisthesis is a fracture and slippage of a spinal vertebra (usually lower lumbar). It can develop for a range of reasons and...
Trigger Points - An Overview of the Evidence Base
Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Presents an Overview of the Evidence Behind Trigger Point Therapy Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons (1992) described a trigger point as, “A highly irritable localised...
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome (AINS)
Testing for Median Nerve Entrapments - Stuart Hinds Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome (AINS) is one of 3 common median nerve entrapment syndromes; the other two being pronator teres...
Massage Therapy for Sciatica?
As lower body tension can be rooted in tension in the feet it is important to work the feet prior to working deep into the legs. We start by...
Treating Shoulder Pain - Deltoid Muscles
Treating Trigger Points in the Deltoid Muscles Deltoid pain is most often mistaken for bursitis or rotator cuff injury The deltoid, along with supraspinatus and associated rotator cuff muscles, will regularly develop...
Trigger Point Therapy - Treating Pectineus
Treating Trigger Points - Hip Adductors / Pectineus Pectineus trigger points are a common cause of groin pain, and often overlooked The pectineus is sandwiched between the psoas...
Treating Sciatic Pain - The Slump Test
Assessing Sciatic Pain - Stuart Hinds Assessing Sciatic Nerve Pain - The Slump Test As a general rule, we apply the Slump test as a follow up to...
Levator Scapulae Trigger Points - Treatment
Treating Levator Scapulae Trigger Points Ischemic Compression Technique Almost all neck pain is associated with trigger points, and the levator scapulae is commonly involved Trigger points in levator...
Equine Massage - Myofascial Trigger Points (TMJ)
Trigger Points for Horses - Andy Eckley, Equine Therapist Identifying Trigger Points in Horses Assessing horses for trigger points can be both static and dynamic and in...
Trigger Point Therapy - Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical Spondylosis - Common Trigger Point Treatment Protocols More than 85 percent of people older than age 60 are affected by cervical spondylosis Cervical spondylosis is also known...
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