Palpation, Acupressure, and Lymphatic Massage (PALM)
RMTs in BC are trained in the assessment and diagnosis of soft tissue and joints of the body and the treatment and prevention of injury, pain, and physical disorders. They are also dedicated to treating your symptoms of pain and dysfunction, including the underlying causes.
Palpatory Findings in Myofascial Pain, appropriate assessment includes pain location. Inflammation is your body’s defense against injury and infection. The five cardinal signs of inflammation are pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. However, some people with inflammation do not have any symptoms. What is often overlooked is that pain has physically harmful effects. It is often actually physiologically unsafe to have pain.
Acupressure applied on these points improves blood flow, alleviates inflammation, and reduces pain.
Used for thousands of years in China, acupressure applies the same principles as acupuncture to promote relaxation and wellness and to treat disease. Sometimes called pressure acupuncture, Acupressure is often thought of as simply acupuncture without the needles. But what exactly is acupressure and how does it work
Palpatory Findings in Myofascial Pain
Massage therapy, sometimes referred to as bodywork, includes the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the body including applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, vibration, rocking, friction, kneading, and compression using primarily the hands, although massage therapists do use other areas of the body, such as the forearms, elbows, or feet.
The Registered Massage Therapists’ Association (RMTBC) is a non-profit Association for Registered Massage Therapists in British Columbia. RMTBC describes massage therapy as a modality that decreases stress and helps control pain.
All of the techniques are used for the benefit of the musculoskeletal, circulatory-lymphatic, nervous, and other systems of the body. Massage therapy positively influences the overall health and well-being of the client by:
- accelerates recovery from injuries and illness
- assists in mental relaxation
- calms the nervous system
- encourages restful sleep
- improves skin tone
- increases concentration
- lowers heart rate
- promotes flexibility and range of motion
- reduces blood pressure
- reduces chronic pain
- reduces mental stress
- reduces tension headaches
- relaxes the whole body
- relaxes tight muscles
- relieves tired and aching muscles
- strengthens the immune system