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Research Perch episodes

July 30, 2014 The Intersection of Massage Practice and Research: Community Massage Therapists as Research Personnel on an NIH-funded Effectiveness Study
Listen in as we discuss Listen in as we discuss The Intersection of Massage Practice and Research: Community Massage Therapists as Research Personnel on an NIH-funded Effectiveness Study.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
28 min
July 16, 2014 Massage Therapy and Labor Outcomes: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Listen in as we discuss massage therapy and how it can affect labor outcomes.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
27 min
July 02, 2014 Correlates of Injury-forced Work Reduction for Massage Therapists and Bodywork Practitioners
Listen in as we discuss Correlates of Injury-forced Work Reduction for Massage Therapists and Bodywork Practitioners.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
30 min
June 18, 2014 Treatment of Tactile Impairment in Young Children with Autism: Results with Qigong Massage
Listen in as we discuss a retroactive analysis studying studying Qigong Massage and its effects on tactile impairment in young children with autism.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
22 min
June 04, 2014 Better or Worse: a Study of Day-to-Day Changes over Five Months of Rosen Method Bodywork Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain
Listen in as we discuss the outcomes of a study on Rosen Method and chronic lower back pain.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
23 min
May 22, 2014 Massage Efficacy Beliefs for Muscle Recovery from a Running Race
Listen in as we discuss a survey studying runners' belief in the efficacy of massage therapy.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
18 min
May 07, 2014 Positive Effects of Massage Therapy on a Patient with Narcolepsy
Listen in as we discuss a case report studying the effects of massage therapy on a patient with narcolepsy.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
23 min
April 19, 2014 The Effects of Self-Massage on Osteoarthritis of the Knee
Listen in as we discuss how self-massage can reduce the pain of Osteoarthritis of the knee as demonstrated in a recent study.

Ruth Werner and Niki Munk walk us through the implications, how it can grow our practices, and how it can help us serve our clients better.
22 min