Til Luchau: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Hello, Til Luchau here. When I was looking for a publisher for a book that I wanted to write, I was lucky enough to have had two offers. One from a large international media conglomerate, and the other from Handspring Publishing, a small publisher in Scotland run by […]
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The Thinking Practitioner Episode 28: Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare
Here is the transcript for our recent Thinking Practitioner Podcast, Episode 28 on Advanced Credentialing with Cal Cates. You can hear the episode by clicking here. Whitney Lowe: Hello, this is Whitney Lowe and welcome to the Thinking Practitioner Podcast and we’d like to thank Books of Discovery for sponsoring our podcast today. Books of […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 17: Who Charts Our Path?
Whitney Lowe: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner Podcast. Til Luchau: A podcast where we dig into the fascinating issues, conditions, and quandaries in the massage and manual therapy world today. Whitney Lowe: I’m Whitney Lowe. Til Luchau: And I’m Til Luchau. Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Whitney Lowe: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Til Luchau: […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 17: Who Charts Our Path?
Whitney Lowe: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner Podcast. Til Luchau: A podcast where we dig into the fascinating issues, conditions, and quandaries in the massage and manual therapy world today. Whitney Lowe: I’m Whitney Lowe. Til Luchau: And I’m Til Luchau. Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Whitney Lowe: Welcome to The Thinking Practitioner. Til Luchau: […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 13: Inflammation: Hands-On
Whitney Lowe: And thanks to Andrew Biel and the whole team at Books of Discovery. We certainly do appreciate their support. And do be sure to check out that great offer from them as well. All right. So good afternoon, or actually, good morning. It’s still morning time here. Good morning to you Til […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 12: The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19
Til Luchau: Hi. This is Til Luchau and today’s episode is sponsored by Handspring Publishing. When I was looking for a publisher for a book I wanted to write years ago, I was lucky enough to have had two offers. One from a huge international media company and the other from Handspring, a small publisher […]
The Thinking Practitioner Episode 09: Descending Modulation in Manual Therapy
Listen to the audio podcast of the episode by clicking here. Til Luchau: Happy spring everybody. Whitney Lowe: Yeah. Very good. Okay. It’s still wintertime while we’re recording this. A good day for us to be diving into some neurophysiology today. I think something like that. Is that what we’re doing today? Til Luchau: Always […]
Kinesiology- May The Force Be With You
There is no question about it – kinesiology is cool! That’s what I think anyway, and it boggles my mind when others are not as intrigued. But I think it is just that some simply do not realize the benefit of this fascinating field of study. In many cases knowing kinesiological principles is not just […]
The Long and Winding Nerve
Introduction Do you ever recall sitting in a classroom in school and thinking that one or two students were getting the lion’s share of attention when others had things to contribute as well? It seems the world of soft-tissue pain and injury problems shares this metaphor. Take nerve entrapment for example. As soon as you […]
Exploring Synovial Plica of the Knee
Massage is great for many soft-tissue pathologies. However, sometimes various conditions exist that seem like a common pathology, but then don’t respond to the treatment. In some cases an undiscovered problem may exist. In this post we’ll take a look at the synovial plica, a cause of knee pain that can easily mimic other common […]