Author: Julie Onofrio
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Massage for Whiplash
Whiplash Injuries are most often the result of a car accident (usually a rear-end collision). It can also be caused by a forceful collision in physical sports such as football, basketball and soccer or in a serious fall or even from amusement park rides. The term whiplash refers not to one particular injury but to…
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Massage for Headaches
Definitions: Pain in and around the head.Types of: Migraines Definition- A paroxysmal (occurring repeatedly and without warning) neurological disorder with many signs and symptoms. – Trigeminovascular may involve serotonin Causes – Unknown; possible central nervous system disorder that produces secondary intracranial vasoconstriciton followed by vasodilation. – triggers: stress, food, allergies, medication weather changes,…
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Peer Supervision/ Peer Support Groups
Peer Supervision defined by Webster is to oversee, direct or manage. The term supervision makes me think of a supervisor in a business setting who just sits back and tells me what to do. The type of supervision I am talking about comes from other medical professions such as psychology, social work and nursing. The…
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Laws of Physiology
Laws of Physiology Studying the laws of physiology can give you a deeper understanding of what you are doing when you are working with clients. A law of physiology (as found in Taber’s medical dictionary) is a scientific principle that is uniformly true for a whole class of natural physiological occurrences. Law of Facilitation When…
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Physiology of Inflammation
Stages of Inflammation: Acute and chronic are terms commonly used to refer to the duration or the length of the problem, giving inaccurate information about the actual stage of inflammation. For clarity of treatment, we need to define healing by the stage of inflammation and the symptoms, not the duration of the problem. The three…