Keith Eric Grant's Blog – November 2009 Archive (7)

Sooner or later, moving a part of massage practices into the health care realm is going to require a split between the evidence-based part and the no-scientific-basis (and, in some parts, direct contradiction to known science) part. The reasons are all too clear, as seen in this article by one of the well-regarded heath care "twitterers" I follow.



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A small bit of discussion around my last post brought to mind cardiologist Bernard Lown's book, "The Lost Art of Healing". I recalled Lown's story of a very sick cardiology patient who, upon overhearing that his heart was galloping, felt the way open to getting better. Not knowing that galloping was a not particularly good sign, he decided that if his heart was good enough to gallop then it… Continue

Picked this up via @jackofkent (Twitter feed). Discussion model that one can expect more and more in anything health care connected. Evidence Check: Homeopathy.

An article abstract that I ran into while searching on PubMed.

Jane Buckle, Literature review: should nursing take aromatherapy more seriously? British Journal of Nursing, Vol. 16, Iss. 2, 25 Jan 2007, pp 116 - 120

The Sprint 2009 issue of Duke University's Health Connect talks about The Detox Delusion.

Give your body more credit. We have evolved over two-and-a-half million years with highly effective detoxification systems -- such as the liver and kidneys. We naturally detox most substances that could be harmful. Our bodies are designed to do this -- if…

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I came across a NY Times article on Making Health Care Better that is worth the read. It provides a good example of using competency management to improve patient outcomes in specific areas of practice--a concept we good well adapt to the inclusion of massage therapy within health care. It also points out the process of self-reflection currently being done in multiple areas of… Continue

I've been reading Gary Klein's new book: Streetlights and Shadows. It's a great, research-based foray into the nature of expertise exercised within the real world. It also doesn't read like an academic paper. You can learn about the pilot who managed to land the "Gimili Glider" when it ran out of jet fuel at 41,000 feet and both engines quit, shutting down the crt displays and hydraulic controls. You can also… Continue