Massage LA Health Updates

Researchers at the Department of Neurology in Dhaka Medical College Hospital performed a significantly-sized longitudinal study of people suffering from migraines, and found that there were only five treatments that proved effective against migraines: sleep,[...]
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Researchers recently from randomly divided 60 patients with lumbar disc hernias into two groups: one received the standard treatment of B12 injections, traction, and heat therapy.[...]
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Nina Cherie Franklin, a University of Illinois at Chicago postdoctoral fellow in physical therapy, lead a study of the effects of massage on the body. Volunteers were broken into three groups: one that did strenuous leg exercises and received no treatment[...]
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The term 'myofascial pain' is fairly common (and getting more so) but not that many people have a clear idea of what it means. Here's what it means: the 'fascia' are like envelopes of slick tissue that surround almost every part of our internal body.[...]
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At some point in time, most of us have had a “Charlie horse” or muscle cramp. In fact, 50% of adults over the age of 50 suffer from night cramps. Neuromuscular Massage Therapists are often asked by their patients, “Where do these come from? Why am I having these? What[...]
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If you're a chronic sufferer of that particular type of headache that feels like it stretches all along one or both sides of your head like a headband, there's some hope on the horizon. According to a study published in Cephalalgia (an international journal for headache studies)[...]
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Low back pain (LBP) is a very common problem that many, if not most of us, have had at some point in life. In fact, about 80% of adults experience LBP in their lifetime, and it’s the leading cause of job-related disability and missed work days. According to the National[...]
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Most doctors won't hesitate to tell you that (non-migraine) pain behind one eye is a result of some temporary condition -- sinus inflammation being the most common culprit. If you have chronic pain in that area, they often move directly to a much more dire suspect -- multiple sclerosis, for[...]
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The muscle that runs up the back of your calf -- the soleus -- is known as the 'second heart' because of the critical role it helps in pumping blood back up into your torso from your feet. It's involved in back pain because of the structural role it plays[...]
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According to a World Health Report, migraines are the nineteenth most common patient complaint worldwide with an 18% of women and 6% of men in the United States experiencing at least one migraine headache episode each year. There is evidence that patients with migraines have an energy deficit disorder associated[...]
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