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Pain is not just a matter of nerves
Medical University of ViennaCurriculums:
The sensation of pain occurs when neural pathways conduct excitation generated by tissue damage to the spinal cord, where the nociceptive information is extensively preprocessed. From there, the information is transmitted to the human brain, where the sensation of "pain" is finally created. This is the general belief. However, researchers have now discovered that pain is not just a matter of nerves but that non-neuronal cells, the glial cells, are also involved in clinically relevant pain models and their activation is sufficient to amplify pain.
Benefits of Craniosacral Therapy in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Adelaida Marı´a Castro-Sa´nchez, PT, PhD, Inmaculada Carmen Lara-Palomo, PT, PhD, Guillermo A. Matara´n-Pen˜arrocha, MD, PhD, Manuel Saavedra-Herna´ndez, PT, PhD, Jose´ Manuel Pe´rez-Ma´rmol, OT, and Marı´a Encarnacio´n Aguilar-Ferra´ndiz, PT, PhDCurriculums:
Objectives: To evaluate the effects of craniosacral therapy on disability, pain intensity, quality of life, and mobility in patients with low back pain. Design: A single-blinded randomized controlled trial. Patients: Sixty-four patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (mean age–SD, 50–12 years; 66% female) who were referred for physical therapy at a clinical unit of the Health Science School of the University of Almeria (Spain). Interventions: Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group (10 sessions of craniosacral therapy) or a control group (10 sessions of classic massage). Outcome measures: Disability (Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire [RMQ, primary outcome] and Oswestry Disability Index), pain intensity (10-point numeric pain rating scale), kinesiophobia (Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia), isometric endurance of trunk flexor muscles (McQuade test), lumbar mobility in flexion, hemoglobin oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, hemodynamic measures (cardiac index), and biochemical estimation of interstitial fluid. These outcomes were registered at baseline, after treatment, and 1-month follow-up. Results: No statistically significant differences were seen between groups for the main outcome of the study, the RMQ (p=0.060). However, patients receiving craniosacral therapy experienced greater improvement in pain intensity (p£0.008), hemoglobin oxygen saturation (p£0.028), and systolic blood pressure (p£0.029) at immediate- and medium-term and serum potassium (p=0.023) level and magnesium (p=0.012) at short-term than those receiving classic massage. Conclusions: Ten sessions of craniosacral therapy resulted in a statistically greater improvement in pain intensity, hemoglobin oxygen saturation, systolic blood pressure, serum potassium, and magnesium level than did 10 sessions of classic massage in patients with low back pain.
How can visceral manipulation help my massage clients?
GAIL WETZLER, P.T., D.P.T., E.D.O., B.I.-D., RESPONDSCurriculums:
Gail talks about Visceral Manipulation, history and the curriculum.
How craniosacral therapy can help reduce a child's stress
Healthy PagesCurriculums:
This article talks about how CST can help reduce a child's stress
More Evidence That Caraniosacral Therapy Works
Chris CentenoCurriculums:
This article is about new discoveries that showed that craniosacral therapy works, how finding new lymph connections in the brain that would further explain why craniosacral therapy si effective and charts a link between the immune system and the brain.
Brain changes seen in youth football players without concussion
Radiological Society of North AmericaCurriculums:
Researchers have found measurable brain changes in children after a single season of playing youth football, even without a concussion diagnosis, according to a new study.
Cross Bite Resulting from Abnormal Foot Pronation
AthlepediaCurriculums:
Frontal Plane Distortion of the Maxilla (Cross Bite) Resulting from Abnormal Pronation (Pure Ascending Postural Distortional Pattern) http://athletics.wikia.com/wiki/Cross_Bite_Resulting_from_Abnormal_Foot_Pronation
Services for children with autism in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Fahad M Alnemary, Hesham M Aldhalaan, Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Faisal M AlnemaryCurriculums:
Little information is available about autism spectrum disorder services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A sample of 205 parents completed an online survey about the use of autism spectrum disorder services for their children. The results revealed that on average, children began services by 3.3 years. Most parents reported utilizing non-medical treatments followed by biomedical treatments and cultural and religious treatment. The age at the initiation of services and the type of treatments used differed by parent’s income, educational attainment, the extent of knowledge about autism spectrum disorders, and geographic location. Some child characteristics also influenced the use of services. The disparities in service utilization in Saudi Arabia point to the need to develop policy and interventions that can mitigate the paucity of services for children with autism spectrum disorders. More research is needed to better understand service use and the decision-making processes that underlie treatment selection by parents of children with autism spectrum disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.