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The article focuses on special attitudes and skills necessary to provide massage therapy to people suffering with Fibromyalgia syndrome, or fibro, one of the most common, most difficult, most complex, and least understood health-related conditions. Topics discussed include history and definition of fibromyalgia, appropriateness of massage therapy in fibromyalgia and abnormalities in pain processing by the central nervous system (CNS).

The article discusses several ways to learn about familiar disease, Multiple Sclerosis, through medical literature. Topics include virus evades the immune system by hiding in its target cells after the infection subsides with strategies to prevent transmission; and patients may accrue permanent damage to both glial cells and axons in the central nervous system (CNS).

The article focuses on the pathology of long-term Lyme disease, a tick-borne infection with a pathogen called Borrelia burgdorferi, and the challenges of treating this disease. Topics discussed are stages of movement of the bacteria that cause Lyme disease, diagnostic guidelines proposed for post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS), difference between the treatment of PTLDS and chronic Lyme disease (CLD), and role of massage therapy in the treatment of clients with PTLDS or CLD.

The article informs about trauma-informed care walking the path of client-centered connection and collaboration . Topics include knowledgeable about massage therapy in the context of trauma-informed care (TIC); and habits and attitudes that make excellent massage therapists are highly valued in the context of trauma-informed care.

The article shares the experience of Vicki Stewart Winston, a massage therapist and educator in Tennessee, has been diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). It discusses that Vicki went on a mission to find some treatment options that might help her control the very difficult, common, mysterious, and frustrating condition; and mentions that many experts describe HS as a defect in the follicular epithelium.

The article delves into the evolution of Standard Precautions in healthcare, tracing their origins from Universal Precautions in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to their current state of flexibility, adapted to various healthcare settings. It emphasizes absence of specific protocols for massage therapists while advocating for additional precautions like hand cleaning stations, foot-operated trash cans, and air quality maintenance, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The article focuses on Dysautonomia and Long COVID more Unpacking of the Long Haul.

The article focuses on parameters of long COVID are still hazy and we can't determine how common it is until we agree on what it is. Topics include the determine a medical treatment protocol that is likely to be successful until we know how it comes about, and the some aspects of long COVID are a great match for the benefits massage therapy can provide, so it behooves practitioners to learn what they can about this situation, in order to work safely in this context.

The article reports that labels and criteria have helped health-care providers improve outcomes for patients with sepsis. Topics include sepsis and SIRS can lead to pathologic clotting in the blood vessels that supply the limbs and organs; and knowledgeable about the inflammatory process and immune system activity.

The article focuses on peripheral neuropathy (PN) and Massage Therapy is a stunningly vague label for the results of a wide variety of problems and it can develop as a freestanding disorder, but it is more often a complication or consequence of another issue. Topics include PN is notoriously difficult to treat, and it can outlast its initial causes by months or years, and the result of nerve damage brought about by some other disease or challenge.

The article offers pharmacology information for massage therapists. Topics discussed include massage therapy's interface with clients' medications in the context of side effects, drug nomenclature and classification, and the terms pharmacotherapeutics (PT), pharmacokinetics (PK), and pharmacodynamics (PD) on drug action. Also noted are drug side effects and how to mitigate them.

The article advises massage therapists (MT) about the concept of critical thinking (CT). Topics include the elements of CT including evidence-informed practice, the primary skills that MT need in order to be able to think critically including evaluation and decision making, and the challenges to CT including confirmation bias and decision paralysis.

The article offers information about pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Topics covered include the causes of PF including the use of chemotherapeutic drugs and the exposure to irritating triggers like molds, its symptoms including a dry cough and exertional dyspnea, and the treatment options including steroidal anti-inflammatories and antifibrotic agents.

The article offers information on spinal fusion surgery (SFS). Topics covered include the alternatives for SFS including disk arthroplasty and the use of posterior dynamic stabilization devices, the possible complications from this procedure including excessive bleeding and infection, and the role of massage therapy in the rehabilitation process for patients who underwent SFS.

The article presents the discussion on Lipedema which being the painful fat. Topics include a disease of the connective tissue with the central feature of a loss of elastic recoil in the subdermis; attributing to hormonal imbalances with low testosterone and estrogen dominance; and interacting with endothelial cells of nearby capillaries secreting hormone-like chemicals.

The article offers information on Pathology Perspectives will address cardiac arrhythmias interruptions in the most fundamental life-sustaining function. Topics include the arrhythmia or dysrhythmia is a label for when a normal heartbeat is interrupted, the fully organized but faster or slower than is healthy, and the abnormally fast heartbeat is called tachycardia, and a slow one is called bradycardia.