Sep
5
2023
The Muscular System Manual, 3rd Edition. The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body
The Muscular System Manual by Dr. Joseph E. Muscolino makes the study of musculoskeletal anatomy easier and more engaging with a highly visual approach! This innovative, vibrantly illustrated atlas details the muscles and bones of the human body with unrivaled clarity and helps you build the strong anatomic understanding needed for success in practice.
Key Features
A full-color, student-friendly design with special icons that direct you to the CD and Evolve site, and checkboxes that help you to keep track of what you need to learn and what you have mastered. Notes on Functions section explains each muscle’s mover, antagonist, and stabilization functions to help you learn and retain content instead of just memorizing it.
Palpation boxes include numbered steps instructing how to palpate each muscle so you can apply this assessment skill in practice. Expert author, Dr. Joseph E. Muscolino, shares his 24 years of experience as an educator to make this the most complete resource on musculoskeletal anatomy available.
NEW & UNIQUE! Full-color anatomic illustrations drawn onto photos of the human body present muscles and bones in physical context to help students confidently identify musculoskeletal structures.
This book is available from: http://www.terrarosa.com.au/book/muscular_system.htm
Sep
5
2023
This book combines All you need to know about: Muscle & Bone Palpation, Locating Trigger Points, and Stretching.
It shows assesment and treatment techniques, including stretching. Palpation of the bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. The muscle illustrations are great incorporating trigger points and referral points as well!
The book also contains 2 DVDs. The first DVD shows palpation on various muscles by Joe Muscolino.
Now, the second DVD is a special one, it contains presentations by some of the top names in massage therapy education, including Tom Myers, Leon Chaitow, Whitney Lowe, Ruth Werner, Benny Vaughn, Bob King, Gil Hedley, Sandy Fritz, Sandra Anderson, Judith DeLany, George Kousaleos, Diana Thompson, Monica Reno, Fiona Rattay, Susan Salvo, Tracy Walton, Bob McAtee, Mike Dixon, Beverly Giroud, Neal Delaporta.
Each of them has a take on a muscle, how they approach it and showing their favourite techniques. This is the most unique DVD presentation on massage I have ever seen. The author Joe Muscolino is to be congratulated for putting this wonderful book & DVD.
This book is available from: http://www.terrarosa.com.au/dvd/muscolino.htm
Sep
5
2023
The effect of soft tissue release on delayed onset muscle soreness: A pilot study
Dominic Micklewright, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, UK
Objectives
To examine soft tissue release (STR) as an intervention for delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS).
Soft tissue release (STR) has been developed (Sanderson, 2002) that involves applying deep pressure to a muscle while simultaneously performing a controlled muscle lengthening by moving the corresponding joint either passively or actively. Unlike many other massage techniques, STR provides a method of manipulating deep tissues throughout the full joint range of motion (Sanderson, 2002). Since the signs and symptoms of exercise induced muscle damage are often more severe towards the limits of joint range of motion, it is conceivable that such signs and symptoms could be targeted more precisely by using STR rather than other types of massage.
Design
A mixed-subjects experimental design was used. Participants performed 4 × 20 eccentric elbow extensions at 80% of 1RM. Participants received either STR (50%) or no treatment (50%). DOMS measurements were taken before the elbow extensions and at 0, 24, and 48 h afterwards.
Setting
The study was conducted at the University of Essex exercise physiology laboratory.
Participants
Twenty male participants, unaccustomed to strength conditioning, completed the study.
Main outcome measures
DOMS was evaluated using relaxed joint angle (RJA), active range of motion (AROM), passive range of motion (PROM), and arm girth measurements. Soreness ratings were measured using a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS).
Results
In both conditions there were post-DOMS task increases in VAS ratings (p < 0.0001) and arm girths (p < 0.0001), and decreases in RJA (p < 0.0001), AROM (p < 0.0001), and PROM (p < 0.0001). STR group VAS scores were higher immediately (p < 0.01) and 48 h after treatment (p < 0.005). There were no other between-group differences and none of the measurements returned to baseline levels by 48 h.
Conclusions
STR exacerbates the DOMS sensation yet does not seem to improve the rate of recovery during the first 48 h. What our study adds is that deep aggressive manipulation of damaged muscles, characteristic of STR, does not appear to improve recovery from DOMS. Athletes or rehabilitation practitioners who are looking for a quick fix to DOMS are therefore unlikely to find STR any more useful than more gentle massage techniques. Further research is needed to look more closely at the relationship between manual manipulation of injured tissues and the underlying cellular mechanisms of tissue repair. Without this additional information it is unlikely that the ambiguities surrounding the efficacy of massage and other manual manipulation techniques will be resolved.
Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 19-24
Sep
5
2023
Needles are often equated with pain and discomfort; however, for a horse named Gypsy the tiny sharp objects brought about much needed relief as Dr. Mark Crisman, a professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, administered acupuncture therapy.
Gypsy had an infection in her ankle and Crisman was using acupuncture — along with traditional therapy — to help strengthen her bones and immune system, and provide pain relief.
Acupuncture, which has its roots in eastern countries, is a technique of inserting and manipulating very fine needles into specific points on the body with the intention of relieving pain and other therapeutic purposes. This ancient practice has long been used among human patients and, over the past few decades, has gained popularity and recognition in veterinary medicine.
“Acupuncture has proven to be a safe and relatively painless treatment for a variety of illnesses in animals,” said Crisman who has been practicing the therapy for over a decade on equine patients and now teaches others who desire certification.
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital offers this therapy to both large and small animals. Conditions that respond well to acupuncture range from skin disorders to musculoskeletal issues to neurological problems.
“While pain and osteoarthritis are common conditions we treat with acupuncture in small animals,” said Dr. Bess Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, who is leading the hospital’s community practice, “we certainly provide therapy for a multitude of problems.”
Veterinarians who wish to practice acupuncture most undergo an additional training process. With the recent completion of her certification, Dr. Beverley Purswell, a professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, brings the total of certified veterinary acupuncturists in the college to four.
“Acupuncture certainly does not replace traditional veterinary medicine,” said Purswell who plans to use the therapy in her work in theriogenology, the specialized field of veterinary medicine that focuses on reproduction. “It can, however, compliment the therapies we already use.”
In addition to Crisman, Pierce, and Purswell, Dr. Scott Pleasant, associate professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, is also a certified acupuncturist.
Virginia Tech (2008, October 27). Acupuncture Used For Animal Ailments. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 28, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/10/081026100516.htm
