by Kevin Rebman | Sep 4, 2019 | General Topics of Interest
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 | Injury Prevention and Recovery
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 It’s an outdated recipe for treating injuries (so says the inventor of the treatment and acronym).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 | General Topics of Interest
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 | General Topics of Interest, Injury Prevention and Recovery
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...