by Kevin Rebman | Jan 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. MacDonald for another episode of her podcast series. This time our discussion focuses on post-surgical manual lymphatic drainage and the proper care one should receive after any type of trauma to the body,...
by Kevin Rebman | Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Within the past decades a whole new form of post-surgical healing has emerged – Post Surgical Manual Lymphatic Drainage (PS-MLD). While there are many therapists trained to perform standard MLD for health and wellness purposes, they are not necessarily...
by Kevin Rebman | Feb 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
NEWS FLASH: Another flu bug is coming to our area. — Oh, darn. Why am I offering such a melancholy response to what seems like an imminent pandemic? Why am I not running around in circles screaming?? As a Sports Massage Therapist and Emergency Medical...
by Kevin Rebman | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Take two minutes out of your busy schedule right now, hook up your earbuds, and watch this video. It’s what we do! http://www.returntoplayinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/14-It-is-what-we-do.mp4 Many athletes, especially younger athletes in their...
by Kevin Rebman | Jan 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Flushing Toxins – A Massage Myth The world of massage therapy is overwhelmed by many myths and anecdotal evidence suggesting benefits of massage which are just not true. From flushing toxins to moving cranial bones, massage therapy, is still in its scientific...
by Kevin Rebman | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
The world of Massage Therapy is full of old-wives’ tales, health claims which are not true, and modalities which have no science behind them. When I entered this world of manual soft tissue therapy (yes, I hate the term “massage”), I did so from the clinical/medical...
by Kevin Rebman | Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
We’ve all heard it before when we’ve twisted an ankle or banged a knee: RICE – Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. It’s an outdated recipe for treating injuries (so says the inventor of the treatment and acronym). Unless there is something broken or bleeding,...
by Kevin Rebman | Jul 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
I had an interesting question posed the other day. “I’m an athlete and I feel great, so why should I get a sport/corrective massage now?” The answer is simple: Muscle memory ( a.k.a. tissue training) Consider corrective/orthopedic massage as another form of...
by Kevin Rebman | Jun 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
From the Sidelines. I spend a lot of time on weekends and some weekday evenings standing on the sidelines of youth sport venues in my ever-classy (sic) Emergency Medical Technician uniform, ready to help with all sorts of medical issues – both pre-existing and those...
