What do you want to see, or know?

What type of questions do you want to ask them?

Give us suggestions so that we can find things out for you!

Check out how one of our nearest related species practice massage therapy!

The patient/client has signed a release to authorize video recording of their intake interview and treatment.

Gorilla Massage Video

What muscle, joint, or assessment test would you like to review?

• Supraspinatus?
• Masseter?
• Tibialis anterior?
• Sacroiliac joint?
• Straight leg raise?
• _________________________?

How do you want to review the information?

• Written words?
• Images?
• Video clips?
• ________________________________ ?

How do you want to ensure that your review was effective?

• Online testing with an automatic certificate when you score high enough?
• Written testing?
• Don't bug me, I'll keep track of it myself?
• ______________________________ ?

I am lining up a number of articles rich with photos and some with video of massage therapists' travels.

We already have therapists lined up to share their experiences and/or plans to travel to Turkey, New Zealand and Nepal.

Let me know if you, or someone you know has been on an interesting trip!

For over 4 years massage therapists have been using the Self Care Manual to help clients to extend and support the effects of massage treatments. Clients recieve a printed page with...

• text describing why they need to do the self care
• image(s) of how to perform the self care with good form
• text describing HOW to perform the self care
• a chart to track their performance and its effects
• the return date and time of their next appointment
• YOUR CLINIC name and contact info at the top of the page

The Self Care Manual is now available electronically. When your order is recieved (unfortunately still by mail), a pdf file is created with the entire 74 pages of the manual personalized with your contact information. You then recieve an e-mail to a website where you download your manual to your computer. At that point print as many copies as you need either from your computer, or burn the file to a CD and take it to a print shop for a larger print run!

What is your favorite type of hydro? For yourself? For clients?

When do you suggest it? How does it work? How do you make sure the client understands? How do they know if they are doing it correctly or not?

Do you have any pictures of the therapy?

Share your experience with other readers!

What type of client or client situation is most frustrating?

How does the situation get under your skin?

How often does it happen?

What works best when dealing with it (if anything)?

Tell other Massage Therapists about it!

A recent artic le in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery describes how nicotine delayed healing in the supraspinatus tendons of rats who had nicotine pumped into their systems. Supraspinatus tendons were cut and then surgically repaired in the study. Comparisons were made between non-nicotine treated rats and nicotine-treated rats.

Multiple studies have shown that nico tine and/or smo king negatively impacts fracture healing.

In the nicotine group of rats, inflammation lasted longer, and collagen repair was altered. The maximum load that the nicotine group of tendons could sustain was actually greater than the non- nicotine fed group. However, their tendons were thought to have more cross-links and hence be more brittle and vulnerable to overuse.

Take home lesson!Clients who smoke may be delaying their recovery from soft tissue and bony injuries and be vulnerable to re-injury.

What did you think of this research report?

for your suggestions!

They will help shape the next issue!