Sunday News2022-10-18T12:38:36-06:00

CMMOTA Sunday News is published on a weekly basis and may contain links to articles, commentary, research, podcast highlights, video links, business tips, and other interesting items which primarily pertain to the professional practices of Massage Therapy and Manual Osteopathic Therapy. To access current and archived issues please click on the link(s) below.

Sunday News – February 25, 2024

Sunday News – February 25, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy and ASMR
  • Treating Whiplash Sports Injuries
  • Video Highlight – Hands and Thumb – Self Myofascial Release
  • Refresher – Osteoporosis and Massage: Etiology, Signs & Safety
  • Research – Reduction of Current Migraine Headache Pain Following Neck Massage and Spinal Manipulation
  • Traveling the World as a Sports Massage Therapist
  • How Did Swedish Massage Get Its Name? Origins of Swedish Massage
  • Self Care – Why a Digital Detox is Good for Your Physical and Mental Health
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Sunday News – February 18, 2024

Sunday News – February 18, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Video Highlight – Skin: The First Millimetres of Every Massage
  • Refresher – Does Weak Posture Really Matter? Addressing Postural Plasticity
  • Podcast Highlight – Balancing a Career and Uncompensated Caregiving: “Business or Pressure” with Allissa Haines
  • The Fit MT: The Effects of Sugar on Your Body
  • Navigating Generative AI: Opportunities, Limitations, and Ethical Considerations in Massage Therapy and Beyond
  • Massage Therapy in Palliative Care Populations: A Narrative Review of Literature from 2012 to 2022
  • Sprain vs. Break: How to Tell the Difference
  • Client Education: What Research Says About Massage and Joint Issues
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Sunday News – February 11, 2024

Sunday News – February 11, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy and Tissue Recovery
  • Business Tip – Advanced Business Strategies: The Stress-Free Solution to Rebooking Massage Clients
  • Video Highlight – Simple Low Back Pain Exercises
  • A Different Twist on Wrist and Hand Pain
  • Research – The Effectiveness of Massage in Managing Pregnant Women with Pelvic Girdle Pain: a Randomised Controlled Crossover Feasibility Study
  • The Biopsychosocial Framework: What Does This Mean for RMT’s?
  • 5 Popular Self Care Trends
  • Refresher – Is Massage Helpful or Detrimental to Clients with Cellulitis?
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Sunday News – February 4, 2024

Sunday News – February 4, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Research Highlight – The Effectiveness of Nerve Mechanical Interface Treatment for Entrapment Neuropathies in the Limbs: A Systematic Review with Metanalysis
  • Self Care Tips – Mindful Eating: Slow Down and Enjoy Your Food
  • Podcast Highlight – Lessons from 30 Years of Creation, Imagination and Fun!
  • Assessment – A is for Asymmetry
  • Growing New Zealand Research Capability Using Degree-Based Education: A Commentary After 20 Years of Massage Therapy Graduates
  • Video Highlight – Forward Bending Glide with Movement for the Cervical Spine
  • Adverse Neural Tension
  • Research Article – Rhythmical Massage Therapy in Chronic Disease: a 4-Year Prospective Cohort Study
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Sunday News – January 28, 2024

Sunday News – January 28, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – Sensory Approach: Posture Does NOT Equal Pain
  • Massage for Elderly Clients with Diabetes
  • Self Care – Exercise as a First-Line Treatment for Depression
  • Research Highlight – Does Osteopathic Heart-Focused Palpation Modify Heart Rate Variability in Stressed Participants with Musculoskeletal Pain? A Randomised Controlled Pilot Study
  • Video Highlight – Reviewing and Submitting to a Journal MTF Webinar
  • Evidence-Based Practice – What are the Key Steps in Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Business Tip – 5 Ways to Make Sure Your Massage Marketing Appeals to a Diverse Clientele
  • What is Text Neck and Should We Fix It?
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Sunday News – January 21, 2024

Sunday News – January 21, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Self Care – Gut, Grit and Guidelines: Practical Boundary Setting
  • Fostering Career Longevity: Holistic health care strategies designed to sustain massage therapists’ careers while preventing injury, exhaustion and overuse.
  • Simple Guide to Trigger Finger Treatment
  • The Complete Guide to Chronic Tension Headaches
  • Touch Therapy – Bodywork as an Outlet for Psychological Stress
  • Podcast Highlight – The Radical Massage Therapist Krista Dicks with guest Karina Joly – Finding a Balance between Light and Dark, Massage, Travel and Photography.
  • Video Highlight – Variations on Carpal Tunnel Evaluation Tests
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Sunday News – January 14, 2024

Sunday News – January 14, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – Learning to be Pain Free
  • Business Tip – Annual Reflection Can Improve Your Business
  • A Massage Therapist’s Experience Working with ALS Patients
  • Video Highlight – Remedial Exercises: Simplified
  • Research – Massage and Occupational Injuries: Can massage therapy education reduce risk factors for occupational injuries?
  • Security Systems for Massage Therapists
  • Refresher – What is a Baker’s Cyst?
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Sunday News – January 7, 2024

Sunday News – January 7, 2024 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Pathology Review – Diabetes Complications: Consider the Challenges of This Disease When Treating Clients
  • Podcast Highlight – Making it Easy to Be Your Massage Client
  • Sharpen Your Tool for Deep Tissue Massage: The Dull or Pointy Elbow
  • Video Highlight – Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms, Stretches and Exercises to Fix It!
  • Research – Immediate Effects of Myofascial Release Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
  • Refresher – How Do Muscles Contract?
  • Self Care – Walking Builds the Aging Brain’s Structure and Mental Acuity
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Sunday News – December 31, 2023

Sunday News – December 31, 2023 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – The Basic of Pain and Long-Term Potentiation
  • Four Ways to Set Healthy New Years Resolutions
  • Shutting Down Stigma: Reduce Fat Bias in the Treatment Room
  • Business Tip – These Are the 5 Types of Clients You Should Feel Good About Breaking Up With
  • Self Care – Here’s Why You Might Feel Sick After a Workout – and What You Can Do to Prevent It
  • Video Highlight –On Farm Clinics 2022 Massage Therapy Foundation Grant
  • Research – Effect of Massage on Blood Flow and Muscle Fatigue Following Isometric Lumbar Exercise
  • Free eBook Resource – 5 Myths and Truths About Massage Therapy: Letting Go Without Loosing Heart
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Sunday News – December 24, 2023

Sunday News – December 24, 2023 – This edition includes articles on:

  • The Anatomy of Scar Tissue
  • Podcast Highlight – The Comfort of Protocols in Your Business
  • Advanced Business Strategies: Employ Motivation and Incentive to Build Massage Referrals
  • Video Highlight – How to Stretch Psoas Muscle
  • Free eBook – 5 Mindset Shifts that Changed My Practice
  • Research – Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence in Patients Receiving Manual Lymphatic Drainage: A Hospital-Based Cohort Study
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Sunday News – December 17, 2023

Sunday News – December 17, 2023 – This edition includes articles on:

  • Podcast Highlight – Troy Lavigne on the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems as they relate to Chronic Pain
  • A Real Pain in the Thumb: Carpometacarpal Join Arthritis
  • Self Care – Protect Your Money Makers! 5 Hand-Care Tips
  • Video Highlight – Gastrocnemius & Soleus – Motion Specific Release
  • Putting the Pieces Together: Clinical Reasoning for an Evidence-Informed Practice
  • How Can Massage Help Runners?
  • Research – Effects of Massage on Limb and Skin Blood Flow After Quadriceps Exercise
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Sunday News – December 10, 2023

Sunday News – December 10, 2023 – This edition includes articles on:

  • The ABZs of Low-Back Pain
  • Repeated Concussions Can Alter Heart Activity and Impact the ‘Heart-Brain’ Axis
  • Podcast Highlight – “I Have a Client Who … has Epilepsy.”
  • Refresher – This Is How PNF Improves the Outcomes of Myofascial Trigger Points
  • How’s it Hangin’? The Pendulum Exercise Dangles the Arm to Ease Shoulder Pain
  • 5 Open Access Research Articles About Low Back Pain
  • Video Highlight – Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Exercises – Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
  • Self Care – How Slowing Down Reduces Physical Pain and Mental Stress
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