Author: Julie Onofrio

  • Science vs Pseudoscience

    Science vs Pseudoscience

    In pseudoscience or fake science, bias (read more about bias in part 1 – Science Literacy) is often the basis of collecting the evidence along with poor evaluation of evidence to agree with their theory. There is no quality control in pseudoscience. It does not mean that it is bad science. Science fraud is where…

  • Science Literacy

    Science Literacy

    What is Science Literacy? Science Literacy is the knowledge of key concepts in science and understanding the process of science. The origin of literacy is letra, Latin for letter, and literacy once very simply referred to the capacity to recognize letters and decode letter strings into recognizable words,along with the concomitant capacity to write words…

  • Manual Lymph Drainage

    Manual Lymph Drainage

    Manual Lymph Drainage also referred to as Lymphatic Drainage is a type of hands on therapy that focuses on managing the flow of lymphatic fluid in the body. It was developed by Dr. Emil Vodder and his wife, Estrid) in 1936 in Paris for treatment of swollen lymph nodes. It is a light stretching of…

  • Animal Massage Schools

    Massage therapists are able to massage animals: dogs, horses, zoo animals, rehab for most any animal are most popular. It can be used to help horses move better in whatever event they participate in–from trail riding to Olympic events and horse racing. It can be helpful for animals that assist humans in every aspect. There…

  • Types of massage therapy

    There are many many types of massage therapy, each with their own unique history. My list includes about 100 types but I will be revising and adding more to that. ABMP’s list of various types of massage includes 350.Many come from the same lines in history. Massage Magazine has a list of 350 but not…