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The Third International Fascia Research Congress March 28-30, Vancouver, Canada 2012 www.fasciacongress.org
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Carla Stecco, MD University of Padova, Italy Fascial Anatomy Overview
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Jay P. Shah, MD National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland Ultrasound & Microanalytical Techniques to Identify Objective Abnormalities in Hard, Painful Myofascial Trigger Points
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Mary Francis Barbe, PhD Temple University, Philadelphia Changes in Fascia Related to Repetitive Motion Disorders
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Michael Kjaer, MD, DMsc University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Adaptations of Tendinous Connective Tissues to Exercise
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Scars and Adhesion Panel Geoffrey Bove, DC, PhD — Moderator
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President’s Message
R
ecently, I was reflecting on how the massage therapy
profession in British Columbia has evolved over the years.
This past year, I had the privilege of travelling throughout the
province and meeting many members at our area road shows, as well
as at this year’s AGM conference in the Okanagan. The passion that Massage Therapists’ Association of British Columbia
Massage Matters A Journal for Registered Massage Therapists
Please direct your comments to dave@massagetherapy.bc.ca, subject heading “Letters,” where they will be forwarded to the MTABC Board for review. Editor in Chief David DeWitt Editor Lori Henry Published by: BIV Media Group 102 East 4th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 1G2 Tel: 604-688-2328 Sales Victoria Chapman 604-741-4189 vchapman@biv.com
Registered Massage Therapists have for their work, and the care they have for patients, is evident.
With all of the conversations I’ve had with RMTs, I began to
question, Does the name Registered “Massage” Therapist truly reflect the profession? For me
the answer is clear: the word “Massage” no longer adequately describes the work we do, nor
does it reflect the public expectations of RMTs’ services in BC.
Certainly the work that RMTs do every day in their clinic is not reflected in the
government’s current Scope of Practice (SOP) definition for the profession:
“…'massage therapy' means the kneading, rubbing or massaging of the human body,
whether with or without steam baths, vapour baths, fume baths, electric light baths or other
appliances, and hydrotherapy or any similar method taught in schools of massage approved
under the former Physiotherapists Act, but does not include any form of medical electricity.” Kneading, rubbing, and steam, vapour or fume baths – all terms that seem rather
archaic to a modern day RMT – are perhaps more in line with the days of physicians doing
“lobotomies” as a cure for almost everything.
I have been a practicing RMT since 1997 (almost 14 years), and I didn’t relate to that SOP
then, and it seems even more out of date now.
Today, RMTs and their patients are much more sophisticated about health and wellness
care. RMTs regularly work in multi-disciplinary settings in which each practitioner is a
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respected member of the clinical or health care team.
Editorial Board Sandra Coldwell Bodhi Haraldsson Anita Wilson Brenda Locke Jennifer Yip Dee Willock Damon Marchand
knowledge-base and applicable techniques. Additionally, the MTABC research department
Mission Statement This publication is intended to provide a voice to BC’s Registered Massage Therapists, a source for the latest research and a vehicle for the general population to understand and respect the valuable work of our RMTs. Massage Matters is published three times a year for Registered Massage Therapists. Funding is provided from the MTABC and advertising revenues. Massage Therapists’ Association – MTABC 180 - 1200 West 73rd Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia V6P 6G5 Tel: 604-873-4467 Fax: 604-873-6211 Toll Free: 1-888-413-4467 Email: mta@massagetherapy.bc.ca
A key part of this evolution is education. RMTs are at the top of their field in terms of their
has made the provincial Electronic Health Library (eHLBC) available to members. The eHLBC
is an effective tool in assisting RMTs to treat their patients, often with complex care. RMTs today are embracing research and utilizing best practices in their day-to-day work.
Continuing educational opportunities have also raised the bar in the profession. This
past year the MTABC has brought in international instructors such as Willem Fourie, Dr.
Antonio Stecco and Dr. Robert Schleip to run workshops for RMTs. And of course, the 2012
Third International Fascia Research Congress will be an exciting and highly educational event, hosted by the MTABC.
As BC RMTs reach for higher education, their patients are also doing their part to
understand the issues affecting their health. Patients are becoming more informed and
conscientious about their own health needs.
The future holds expansive opportunities for RMTs. The MTABC along with interested
stakeholders is working towards a clearer identity of what we do so that our work can be
better reflected. In the meantime, we look forward to the profession continuing to deliver high quality health care for British Columbians.
Damon Marchand, President
www.massagetherapy.bc.ca
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After Nearly 50 Years, RMT Gibson Brown “Wouldn’t Change it for Anything”
Non-Vascular Edema Affecting the Bones: Three Case Reports
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After Nearly 50 Years, RMT Gibson Brown “Wouldn’t change it for anything” by karylin kempton The first thing you notice about Gibson Brown is his easy laugh. A massage therapist since 1964 and a BC RMT since 1969, Gibson recently officially retired but has not given up his passions for massage therapy and helping people. A former marine engineer, Gibson decided to go to massage school in Durban, South Africa after emigrating from Scotland. Working off and on as a marine engineer and a massage therapist, he moved to British Columbia in 1969. “The first day I looked for a job I was hired by BC Ferries,” says Gibson, “but after chatting up a co-worker I couldn’t believe that every person in BC got 12 free massages per year at that time.” Gibson wrote and passed his BC RMT exams and “went from diesel oil to massage oil!” Gibson has always found massage therapy gratifying: “When you’ve got confidence in what you do, and you know that it helps people, you keep plugging away at what you do.” Gibson loves the diversity of massage. “It’s one of the modalities you can take for pleasure or treatment,” he says, and he loves giving both. He has kept fit, healthy and happy for more than four decades in the profession, and “I wouldn’t change it for anything,” he smiles. Gibson’s early years were not particularly easy. He worked out of a health club in Nanaimo for a short time before moving to Victoria, where he worked out of a hotel, and managed the pool and gym. The biggest hurdle Gibson faced, as Vancouver Island’s second RMT, was the stigma associated with massage. “Massage wasn’t yet part of our culture,” he says, and people associated massage with erotic services. “They expected a Swedish massage with Russian hands and Roman fingers,” laughs Gibson. It took Gibson three years to get established. “I used the facilities of the hotel I worked at to help promote massage,” he says; “I’d let them use the pool to entice them in.” He remembers being happy with one client per day in the early months, but “now people can come out of school today and start making a living, depending on where they go.” Gibson has never worked out of or run a clinic. He runs his practice out of his re-furbished garage, and believes that “if you’ve got a quiet spot, you’re fine,” He calls the general acceptance of massage therapy “tremendous” now, noting, “it’s becoming a part of our culture, which is great for the association.” He remembers his first MTABC AGM in Vancouver in the early 1970s, when the whole group sat around one big table. Then there were well under one hundred RMTs in the province. Even after nearly fifty years, Gibson is still going strong. “I’ve always
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felt that you could never be too strong in life,” he says. “The stronger you are, the easier it is,” he admits, so he still strength trains three times per week and cycles regularly. “When I come from the gym, massage feels easy,” he laughs. He was told early on that if a massage therapist relies on their knuckles or elbows, they should choose a new profession and it is advice he has taken to heart. By the end of his RMT career, Gibson massaged triathletes almost exclusively. The Canadian National Triathlon Centre is very close to his Victoria office, and about seven years ago he began enticing athletes into his office by offering the first massage free and then handing out a gift certificate for the patient to give to another athlete. He called the transition from serving the general public to serving triathletes a real turning point in his business and career, and he advises RMTs to go after a niche market if it interests them. He loves treating elite athletes because “you can follow their success on Google and feel like a little bit of you has gone with them.” He sponsors Canadian triathlete Brent McMahon simply because “I get enough of a kick out of helping him.” Gibson also believes that athletes may be more amenable to exercise suggestions, whereas Continued on page 6
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the general public “wants you to cure them in one visit, and when you tell them to exercise they can look at you like you’re crazy.” A former 100-yard racer, Gibson also admits that he lives vicariously through endurance athletes because he has only been a sprinter. “My idea of a long run was 200 yards,” he chuckles. His modalities have not changed a great deal since his early days as an RMT, but “the proof of the pudding is in the doing,” he says. “People come back year after year, month after month, or week after week, so they must like what I am doing,” smiles Gibson. His Swedish massage modality is “very basic compared to training today,” he notes, but feels that since he treats faster, “you’re getting more massage for the money.” His massage training in South Africa only took six months, so there was no time for “all the teeny weenie muscles here and there, and little nerves all over,” he laughs. Massaging PM Pierre Trudeau several times during a Federal Liberal Party convention in 1969 was particularly memorable for Gibson, and he still laughs about their conversations. “On the table he was just a regular guy,” Gibson grins, “and he puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like I do.” Both single gentlemen at the time, they shared a few laughs about bachelor life. Gibson points to the fact that patients often start to feel quite free and open “when they’re lying there in their jockey shorts,” and so he has heard a lot of confessions, and personal and interesting information from patients. “They start telling you things they might not tell you otherwise,” he grins. Gibson warns RMTs, and folks in general, to be light-hearted. “Try not to take life too seriously,” he advises. “It’s just temporary, so approach it with a lot of humour.” An early mentor in Victoria taught him to approach massage with a combination of detachment and compassion. “If they get better, that’s fine, and if they don’t get better, that’s fine too,” says Gibson; “[i]f they don’t get better then it’s
probably beyond what I can do for them. Give it your best shot.” His other pithy advice includes the following: “Eat sensibly, don’t get too carried away with anything, clean your teeth twice a day and take your vitamins.” Family has always been important to Gibson. He has been married to wife LaRay for 40 years this year, and he still gives her a massage each week. She recently retired from cosmetology, and they were able to offer a combination of skin care and massage services out of their home. Their two daughters both live on Vancouver Island as well, and one took over the skin care business upon LaRay’s retirement. They also have a granddaughter who just became a Registered Nurse after graduation from the University of Victoria. Now that he and his wife are retired, they are happy to spend more time bicycling and gardening, but he still treats patients several days a week. •
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Non-Vascular Edema Affecting the Bones: Three Case Reports by Dr. David De Camillis This is my third article written for this publication. In the summer 2010 edition of Massage Matters, I explained in some detail the phenomenon of non-vascular edema and resulting tissue degeneration. Please refer to this edition. Briefly, this condition is characterized by an expanded extracellular matrix with a paucity of blood elements and a high concentration of proteoglycans in the tissue. In this paper I’ll be discussing three cases involving the long bones. The reason for writing this manuscript is to demonstrate that the nerves and the general physiology within the bones are really no different from other tissues of the body. The underlying pathology is the same. Only the symptoms are different. To quickly summarize, if the affected body areas are stretched at their endrange then hypothetically the excess fluid will be drained from the area and a more
normal blood flow will return. Tissues can be stretched because they are viscoelastic. Relatively speaking, one would think bones are rigid and therefore couldn’t really undergo end range loading procedures. This is not the case. Bones do deform under mechanical loading and an internal fluid shift within does take place. (1-9) I believe the periosteum will also be affected in a similar manner. We think of the peripheral nervous system as being flexible and loose. For example, the median nerve has to adapt to various positions of the upper limb. It has to ‘uncoil’ and ‘coil’ itself depending if the subject is reaching or conversely flexing his elbow and wrist. In order to end range load and stretch this nerve the arm has to be taken into an extreme position. Since there is very little movement in the periosteum and in the bone in general, there is no need to have the same ‘looseness’ of the nerves within. That being the case, only a little flexion of the bone and
“Many conditions involve bones. A lack of blood supply within would be an obvious cause to many chronic conditions. Consider for example degenerative arthritis of the hip. “ Anatomy of a typical bone.
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Mechanical loading of the upper radius and ulna.
Notice the upper humerus is being loaded differently in these diagrams. Reproducing the pain during the procedure will target the tissues we want to affect.
periosteum may be enough to stretch and so drain edema from those nerves. In November 2010, a fifty-six year old female presented with upper right radial forearm numbness, pain and stiffness. The problem began four years prior, about the time she was diagnosed with osteopenia. The condition was slowly becoming worse. Examination showed restricted excursion of the elbow in extension, swelling and tenderness to deep palpation in the common extensor area and motor weakness in dorsiflexion and radial deviation of the wrist. In her history she described a fall in 1964 where she fractured her upper radial aspect of the right forearm in three places. This fracture had to be surgically reduced at the time of injury. This lady was treated twice in November 2010. Therapy included bending the upper radius and ulna in such a direction
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“The reason for writing this manuscript is to demonstrate that the nerves and the general physiology within the bones are really no different from other tissues of the body. “
Loading the superior aspect of the lateral femur
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as to reproduce the symptoms. On December 1, 2010 she reported a 98% abatement of symptoms and disability. She had no pain on deep palpation, no swelling, exhibited a full range of motion, and exhibited full strength in her right wrist. Her diagnosis is non-vascular edema in the proximal radius and ulna resulting in her disability and caused by the fall in 1964. In November 2010 a sixty-year-old female presented with right hip symptoms. She suffered from constant pain, stiffness and numbness from the lateral aspect of her hip down along the anterior thigh and into the knee. She also complained of right lower back and buttock pain and stiffness. She couldn’t lie on her right side, at times the right leg would give out while she was walking, and the right leg would usually feel weak while she was walking. This started in 1978 when she skied into a snowdrift. It took half an hour for her to wriggle free. Afterwards she experienced moderate to severe hip pain along with bruising in the area. I treated her on two occasions in November and checked her once in early December 2010. Therapy included bending the femur in such a manner as to reproduce the symptoms. In December she reported a 75% decrease in symptoms. She can now lie on her right side, has no more sense of weakness or the leg giving out while
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she is walking, and feels she is more active now. Her diagnosis is non-vascular edema in the right proximal femur. The treatment was end range loading of the femur. A seventy-seven year old lady presented January 12, 2011 with right upper arm and shoulder pain and stiffness. She had fallen and fractured her right upper humerus and shoulder joint in two places. This occurred in December 2007. Her arm was in an immobilizer for four and a half months. For the past three years her symptoms have plateaued. She couldn’t sleep on her right side, had difficulty in reaching up, felt a constant tightness in her biceps area and experienced constant low-grade pain. The treatment consisted of end range loading her upper right humerus. As of January 18, 2011 she had noticed the following improvements: She could now sleep on her right side. She could reach behind with her right arm and undo her bra. Her range of motion had improved markedly. She had no pain or achiness. Many conditions involve bones. A lack of blood supply within would be an obvious cause to many chronic conditions. Consider for example degenerative arthritis of the hip. We know that a function of articular cartilage of the femoral head is the protection of the underlying bone. With degeneration, the cartilage disappears and the bone of the
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femoral head is susceptible to mechanical stress. This stress causes the nerves and associated connective tissue within to secrete proteoglycans and so the edema/ avascularity scenario develops. Perhaps end range loading the upper aspects of the femur will alleviate the pain and disability brought on from osteoarthritis of the hip. On a personal note, my right hip has advanced OA. Loading the femur in my case dramatically eased the pain. I underwent one treatment six months ago and today still have no pain while lying down at night. Other conditions may include tendinopathies at the bone junction, medial tibial stress syndrome, old boney injuries, and so forth. End range loading of bones fits well within the massage therapists’ scope of practice. I encourage you to learn and practice these procedures. References: 1) Gardinier JD, Townend CW, Jen KP, Wu Q, Duncan RL, Wang L. In situ permeability measurement of the mammalian lacunar-canalicular system. Bone. 2010 Apr;46(4):1075-81. Epub 2010 Jan 18. 2) Goulet GC, Coombe D, Martinuzzi RJ, Zernicke RF. Poroelastic evaluation of fluid movement through lacunocanalicular system. Ann Biomed Eng. 2009
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Jul;37(7):1390-402. Epub 2009 May 5. 3) Gururaja S, Kim HJ, Swan CC, Brand RA, Lakes RS. Modeling deformation-induced fluid flow in cortical bone’s Canalicularlacunar system. Bone. 2010 Apr;46(4):107581. Epub 2010 Jan 18. Ann Biomed Eng. 2005 Jan;33(1):7-25. 4) Knothe Tate ML, Knothe U. An ex vivo model to study transport processes and fluid flow in loaded bone. J Biomech. 2000 Feb;33(2):247-54. 5) Knothe Tate ML, Steck R, Forwood MR, Niederer P. In vivo demonstration of loadinduced fluid flow in the rat tibia and its potential implications for processes associated with functional adaptation. J Exp Biol. 2000 Sep;203(Pt 18):2737-45. 6) Rogala P, Uklejewski R, Stry a W. Modern poro-elastic biomechanical model of bone tissue. I. Biomechanical function of fluids in bone. Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol. 2002;67(3):309-16. 7) Srinivasan S, Gross TS. Canalicular fluid flow induced by bending of a long bone. Med Eng Phys 2000 Mar;22(2):127-33. 8) Steck R, Niederer P, Knothe Tate ML . A finite difference model of load-induced fluid displacements within bone under mechanical loading. Med Eng Phys. 2000 Mar;22(2):117-25. 9) Swan CC, Lakes RS, Brand RA, Stewart KJ. Micromechanically based poroelastic modeling of fluid flow in Haversian bone. J Biomech Eng. 2003 Feb;125(1):25-37. •
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disjointed and incomplete. He wanted a better understanding of how all the body systems interrelated, and how they all worked together to allow for homeostasis. “Higher education gave me more tools to start understanding and assessing these interrelationships,” he says. “As a massage therapist, until I got further assessment tools, I mostly treated where the pain was because I did not have enough tools to really assess where the dysfunction was. Too often I treated symptoms. Higher education for me is a lot about getting more assessment tools to understand some of the wonders of the human body. I do not believe it is useful to have more techniques without understanding who we are treating.” Another question to consider is whether a degree helps earn an RMT more respect from patients and from the medical community itself, including doctors, surgeons, and other specialists. Possibly, but Christophe suggests that perhaps the real issue is a lack of communication among health practitioners. Maybe it’s as simple as other medical professionals not understanding exactly what our training consists of, and how good it really is.
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Shelley Would, RMT, also has a BSc in kinesiology (Simon Fraser University, 1994). Like Christophe, she feels that having a university degree may help earn an RMT more respect from others within the medical community. “I feel like our profession is still
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working on credibility, and bringing more education into our realm can only boost that credibility.” Shelley says that higher education taught her how to think critically, how to organize and disseminate information better. To her, higher education can only benefit our membership in terms of broadening experience and insight, and does help lend more credibility to our profession from outsiders. “There are many excellent therapists out there who
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don’t have a secondary higher education,” she points out. “The really good ones, in my experience, may not have a formal degree or certificate but have in some way sought more education in a specific area of massage therapy, such as mentoring another professional. I believe broadening one’s education does make one a better therapist even if it’s not on a specific technique. More education helps in processing information, communication, using and acquiring information, decision making, etc.”
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And perhaps what degree you wind up with isn’t as important as the life experience you gain along the way. “I believe, in general, that we can never have too much education (no matter what the topic). We should always be seeking to learn because learning never stops. We become stagnant if we stop learning. This can be in anything: how to play an instrument or how to use a computer program. I think going to school or college or university gives us that drive to learn and continue learning.” Shelley also believes her degree has given her the tools necessary to perform research, something else our profession can only benefit from. “Higher education in my case increased my ability to perform research. I did a degree in applied science in kinesiology and I did countless scientific papers as reviews and as experiments, and the attention to detail was critical—especially in the
scientific domain.” And Shelley is not the only one that feels confident in that area because of her background. Brenda Beattie, RMT, has a BSc in biology (University College of Cape Breton, 1992). Like Shelley, Brenda also feels that her foundation in sciences has given her the necessary means to perform research. She believes that her university experience has helped her learn how to communicate more clearly and precisely—a benefit that translates into increased trust in the client/therapist relationship. Brenda agrees that her university degree has helped her gain credibility with both patients and the medical community, but not because she thinks it makes her superior to other RMTs. Not at all. “The unfortunate part is that most in the medical community still don’t realize how great the Massage Therapy program is,
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and how much the depth of knowledge that the graduating therapists have,” she says. “There are many, many great therapists in the field who don’t have a degree. I do think that the perception from the medical community is changing, though; it’s much different now than it was when I graduated in 1993. At that time, in order to have coverage by MSP or an Extended Medical plan, the client had to have a referral from their doctor. If a Doctor did not believe that Massage Therapy had any benefits, they would refuse to give a referral. Now we have Primary Practitioner status and in most cases clients do not require a Doctor’s referral to get reimbursement for their sessions. That was a big step for the Massage Therapy profession.” And right now there are even more opportunities for RMTs wanting to further their education. “The fabulous thing about becoming an RMT now,” Brenda says, “is that there is the Bachelor of Health Science degree at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) towards which a therapist can apply credits from their Massage Therapy training. It’s difficult to know what you really want to do for a long-term career coming out of high school, but if a student finds that they really love learning about the human body and how it works, there is a great option of continuing that learning by obtaining a TRU degree, which then opens up even more opportunities.” RMT Justin Madder recently completed the TRU program, consisting of three mandatory online classes of approximately five months each in duration. From TRU’s website, this unique program “provides health care diploma graduates from recognized
programs and institutions with the opportunity to obtain a bachelor’s degree.” TRU applicants require a minimum of a two-year Diploma in health care or a related area of study from a recognized program/institution. Justin reported that each class requires a great deal of work and the necessary time commitments for researching current health care issues. “Each course emphasized and illustrated the significance of understanding the processes involved in conducting or interpreting research,” he says. “This particular skill is something I believe all RMTs need and should be provided with throughout their formal education. A health care provider’s ability to conduct, or yet, understand research regardless of their health care field, supports not only their professional practice but establishes professional creditability within the medical community.” The required weekly discussions were timeconsuming, but Justin found them very beneficial. Different health care backgrounds from respiratory therapist, dental hygienist to laboratory techs would give examples of personal care management conflicts or policies from different health facilities. “These genuine in-depth conversations of an individual’s personal and professional challenges within their health care setting, provided insight for each one of us on the day-to-day operations of hospitals, multi-disciplinary clinics and private clinics.” (For more information about the program, go to: http://www. tru.ca/distance/programs/ health-science/bachelor-healthscience.html) Having just finished his degree within the past two
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months, it is too soon for Justin to gauge how other individuals within the medical community have perceived his degree. But he strongly believes that any advancement of education can create a high level of respect from peers and clients. “The Bachelor of Health Science Degree has undeniably enhanced my career as a Registered Massage Therapist. Not only do I have a greater regard for client care management, but also an appreciation for legislative and political processes of health care in Canada. There is no doubt that the degree program is worthwhile, as I strongly believe in higher education and personal development. This program not only enhances an individual’s knowledge of health care, but it connects and strengthens our relationships
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Therapist easing their Lymphedema pain by erin mcphee north shore news sunday She’s seen it all. Patients with legs so swollen they’re unable to walk a few blocks to the corner store without pain. Others who’ve beat breast cancer, but are now constantly reminded of that fact by a swollen arm they’re forced to carry around. Grace Dedinsky-Rutherford is a registered massage therapist and certified Vodder lymph drainage therapist. Maintaining a busy North Vancouver practice, she has dedicated herself to the treatment of individuals diagnosed with lymphedema, a malfunction of the lymphatic system resulting in the accumulation of tissue fluid. Major symptoms include painful swelling of the limbs. Grace has been a therapist since 1992. Prior to that, she acted as a caregiver for her father who had been diagnosed with cancer. “In the later stages near his death he developed quite a bit of swelling, which I learned in school was lymphedema,” she says. After undergoing her training and establishing her practice, Grace felt emotionally ready to begin helping others dealing with what her father had. “I was able to help my dad,” she says. “I know that there’s a lot of people that suffer from this and a lot of people don’t know that they have this condition . . . (so) I thought . . . I could help these people.” Becoming certified, she currently treats 350 patients out of the North Shore Lymphedema Clinic, housed in a chiropractor’s office at 1372 Marine Dr., in North Vancouver. Grace says that the majority of her patients, who range in age from 25-99, are cancer survivors. For those who’ve had breast cancer, their lymphedema develops in the thorax or arms and for those who’ve had cancers below the waist, in the abdomen and legs. This type of lymphedema,
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occurring post-cancer or as a result of some other trauma to the body, is referred to as secondary lymphedema. Primary lymphedema affects individuals born without a well-working lymphatic system. Grace estimates that 20-30 per cent of her patients are affected by primary whereas the rest are affected by secondary lymphedema. To treat lymphedema, Grace employs a manual lymph drainage system, a noninvasive procedure that works to reduce the swelling and fluid accumulation naturally in the body. “You’re manually moving it,” she says. “Everything drains up to the terminus of our body which is up by the clavicle, by your collarbone. It gets absorbed back into the capillaries and either gets returned back to the heart or we pee out the extra fluid. So what I do is I manually stimulate all the areas that I want it to go to.” The amount of pressure required is quite light as the lymph vessels are located right beneath the skin’s surface, she says. Following the massage, she bandages the affected limb to prevent the fluid from returning. One of her patients, Joan Kowalewich, has been coming to her for the last 10 years. The 69-year-old Burnaby resident had a modified radical mastectomy in 1983 and two years later developed lymphedema in her right arm. “The lymphedema became a larger problem in my life after I had a heart attack four years ago and heart surgery two years ago,” she says. Kowalewich sees Grace once a week for a manual lymph drainage treatment. “Besides keeping the arm soft and keeping some drainage movement alive, muscle pain has been relieved and a wider range of
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riginated and developed by Armand Ayaltin DNM, RHT, RMT, and taught by him since the late 1980’s. It consists of its own scientifically-based philosophy, therapist-friendly assessment and treatment. To reduce burn-out, body and hand postures are ergonomically designed. Therapy takes its cue directly from the assessment. This innovative procedure is designed to minimize the mental and physical stress of the Tx room. In these Workshops we will teach: • Philosophy and background • How to treat the underlying cause of pain, often realizing quick and lasting results • How to Structurally Realign the body by collapsing the compensatory-matrix, using specific SDTT techniques at the physical and energetic levels which are: • recognizing the compensatory-matrix • engaging the SNS • manipulating the Fascial-muscle-joint systems • therapeutic intent • treating the relevant meridians • stimulating the patient’s quantum field of healing If as a Therapist, gaining self-confidence, self-sufficiency and effectiveness with reduced chances of selfinjury is important, taking these workshops and adopting the Systemic Deep Tissue Therapy® is for you. Testimonials: “Thank you so much for this amazing workshop. It will change my life!” W.M. RMT. “This course surpassed my expectations...” B.C. RMT. “Thank goodness there is a way to read the body and respond to its core needs.” J.W. RMT. “Great coverage of biomechanics and application. I like these instructors, cool guys” J.L. RMT. Fall 2011 – Introductory: September 10-11; Intermediate: October 15-16, (CEC 28 for both courses combined), Cost: $399 each. Spring 2012 – Introductory: February 25-26; Intermediate: March 24-25, Cost: $399. For more info and to register, phone: 604.984.2611 • web: systemicdeeptissuetherapycenter.com
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MTABC CEC Courses 2011 Registration at MTABC 604.873.4467 or mta@massagetherapy.bc.ca. Or mail to MTABC 180-1200, West 73rd Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6P 6G5. Provide name, phone and email. Cancellation within 3 weeks of a course results in 20% penalty; within 2 weeks, 40%; and within 5 days or “no shows”, no refund. All prices in Can. dollars Fascia: Its Structure and Function The Pelvic Girdle with Mark Finch 14 Credits Holiday Inn 711 West Broadway Vancouver October 22-23, 2011 Sat and Sun - 9am to 5 pm Prices: MTA One Month Early $322 Regular $350 Non-MTA One Month Early $450 Regular $495 End-Range Loading - BONES AND JOINTS - NEW - 14 Credits with Dr. David DeCamillis D.C., F.C.C.R.S.(c) WCCMT New Westminster Nov 5-6, 2011 Sat. 10:00 - 4:30 and Sunday 9:00 - 3:30 Prices: MTA One Month Early $280 Regular $310 Non-MTA One Month Early $390 Regular $430 Ann Sleeper’s Courses Also see Ann’s web page www.annsleeper.com Osteopathic Concepts for Treating Legs, Arms and Back Pain 12 Credits (formerly called Intro to Osteopathic Techniques, Part Two) Victoria - Pacific Rim College Oct 1-2, 2011 Sat and Sun - 10am to 5 pm Prices: MTA One Month Early $340 Regular $375 Non-MTA One Month Early $445 Regular $485 Muscle Energy Technique for the Low Back, Part 2 - Sacrum 14 Credits Vancouver – Holiday Inn Oct 22-23, 2011 Sat and Sun - 9 am to 5 pm Prices: MTA One Month Early $322 Regular $350 Non-MTA One Month Early $450 Regular $495 Mike Dixon, RMT - TMJ 14 Credits New Westminster - WCCMT New Westminster- WCCMT Oct 22-23, 2011 Sat and Sun - 9 am - 5 pm Prices: MTA One Month Early $322 Regular $350 Non-MTA One Month Early $450 Regular $495 For more course details, see MTABC web site www.massagetherapy.bc.ca and the MTABC newsletter “Massage is the Message”
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