Why do we get muscle cramps?

Why do we get muscle cramps?

"Many of us know the feeling of a cramp – whether you’ve been struck down on the sports field or woken with a start in excruciating pain in the middle of the night. A cramp is the involuntary contraction of our skeletal muscle, and it hurts."

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Top Ten YouTube Channels for Massage Therapists

Top Ten YouTube Channels for Massage Therapists

The RMT Education Project is an initiative that is working to promote the benefits of massage therapy to an international audience. This post is a list of ten YouTube channels that massage therapist can use to grow their personal learning network.

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Non-pharmacologic Treatment for a Patient with Migraine Headaches

Non-pharmacologic Treatment for a Patient with Migraine Headaches

In 2017 The Lancet - Global Burden of Disease study, listed migraine headaches are one of the leading cause of disability worldwide.

Physicians, now more than ever are recommending conservative treatment including manual therapy, acupuncture, education and exercise as part of a multi-modal approach to decrease the individual’s headache frequency, intensity, duration and acute medication requirements.

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Holding your partner's hand can ease their pain

Holding your partner's hand can ease their pain

"Interpersonal touch has important social and affective meanings. Skin-to-skin touch is necessary to the development of premature infants. It contributes to the regulation of stress responses in adults, enhances trust, and provides comfort and emotional wellbeing. So while it’s unlikely that this research solves the problem of painkillers, it does propose a very simple pain treatment with an indispensable side effect: connecting with other people."

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