Evidence based massage therapy group

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This community fosters healthy exchange of knowledge and information and encourages the practice of evidence-based massage therapy based on credible research. Persons interested in higher education in this area might also benefit from being a member.

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  • An eBook on Writing a Case Report

     I hope someone on this site is thinking of writing up a case report!If so, I wrote a wee eBook on what I went through, which also has resources which might help someone:…

    By Vlad

    Apr 13, 2012

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  • A nice article on pain and massage

    If you needed research evidence to accept massage as beneficial, how about this article?  Using manual therapy to treat pain by Dr Julie Eastgate Laboratory and clinical studies have started to…

    By Daniel Cohen

    Jul 24, 2011

    1

  • Obstacles

    What do you think is the major obstacle preventing massage therapy from becoming evidence based?

    By BH

    Jul 14, 2009

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  • Definately worth a read

    http://www.ttem.org/forum/index.php?topic=1807.10See what you think ?

    By Stephen Jeffrey

    Sep 12, 2010

    3

  • Is muscle tension the enemy?

    Hi All,I'd like to start a discussion about muscle tension. As a massage therapist, it often seems like the aim is to seek soft tissue tension and eliminate it. I would like to challenge this view and start a talk about the use of soft tissue tension. For instance:1. Back muscles could be tense…

    By Serge Rivest

    Apr 15, 2010

    8

  • Why EBP and not just research literacy?

    Evidence based practise implies an action as research literacy implies an ability not action.EBP is were the real world of clinical practise and its reality meet research and the ivory tower.It is my opinion that if the MT profession is to advance research use, with in its ranks, we need to utilize…

    By BH

    Jul 20, 2009

    3

  • I Need Help w/a Difficult Case

    There are so many great minds on here, please assist if you can.I just started working on a 5 year old yesterday who was diagnosed at birth w/macrocephaly, low muscle tone, and no deep tendon reflexes. She was given PT from about 4mos-8mos and then the drs said no use, she would never be able to…

    By Laura Allen

    Aug 13, 2009

    4

  • EBP resources and articles

    Please post your material here.

    By BH

    Jul 16, 2009

    2