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More great work from Dan Cherkin at Group Health.



http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/04/embargo-july-4-5pm-for-back-pain-try-massage/



"Daniel C. Cherkin, the lead author and an epidemiologist with the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, mentioned some of the study’s considerable strengths. It had a randomized design, a high follow-up rate, good adherence to the… Continue

Anews item from New Zealand's TV3 focuses on Church of Scientology volunteers giving massage and support to victims of the February earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand last month.

 

Christchurch scientology massages concern some

If you have seen any of the footage or photos from the aftermath you will know of the devastation and loss across the city. This is the 2nd large quake to hit Christchurch in 5 months. The first was 7.1 and despite the magnitude there was no loss of life (To put this into perspective the Haiti earthquake was recorded as 7.0)

The quake on the 22nd February…

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 I just published a post in which I was very careful in choosing my words.

I avoided using, and took out any reference to, the word profession.

Why?

Some time ago I read an article that…

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I am posting this separately from the previous discussions on here that have deteriorated into the most vile insulting and mudslinging bunch of crap I have ever seen in my life.

Laura Allen

I'm with The Rev on this point:

Sadly, there has been more vile insulting and mudslinging bunches of crap. One need only take a look at the archives found at…

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There is a long, but good, discussion thread batting ideas around about trigger points over on Leon Chaitow's Facebook page. The thread is getting reasonably long and tricky to find so I thought I'd post a section here relating to muscle spindles and stretch.

LC: but question, when palpating an area housing a trigger point, is 'what is the orientation of spindles, so that they can be stretched longitudinally?' The main origin and insertion…

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