Right now we can all use a little help. While this is directed towards our friends in the U.S. there is some valuable advice for all of us during these trying times.

“Corona Virus And Massage Therapist Resources” – Laura Allen

With social distancing in place and many fitness facilities closed, we are seeing a lot more people outside running, biking, and hiking. However, during these activities we may need to actually increase our social distancing.

“Belgian-Dutch Study: Why In Times Of COVID-19 You Should Not Walk/Run/Bike Close To Each Other.” – Jurgen Thoelen

While everyone is dealing with their own issues around this new pandemic, it presents a new challenge for our patients dealing with chronic pain. Many of the treatments they use can affect their immune system and the effects of the virus itself can actually make their pain worse.

“Clinical Challenge: Chronic Pain and COVID-19 — Pain Patients May Be Hit Harder Than Others” – Judy George

While we are all concerned with our immune system right now, it’s important to know this system has a role in dealing with pain. While we cannot treat infections, it is important for us to know how the immune system plays a role in pain modulation.

“How Immune System Contributes to Pain With Nervous System” – Nick Ng

Wondering what to do during isolation? Here’s a great list of videos which all contain the latest knowledge about pain from experts in modern pain science.

“Pain lectures with Pain Experts like Moseley, Stanton, Butler, O’Sullivan, Nijs, O´Connell, Zusman, Lehman, Reme, Thacker, Louw, Pearson and Dr. Kieran O’Sullivan” – Lars Avemarie

The Covid-19 virus is filling all of our news feeds right now and I’m sure we’ve all had a few cancellations in our clinic because of it. One good thing we can do is actually demonstrate to our patients what we are doing to keep things clean, this article gives some great advice on how to do that.

“Massage Therapy—Demonstrating How You Are A Safe Space For Your Clients” – ABMP

I’m sure we’ve all been hearing some new terms in the past couple of weeks with this coronavirus outbreak. A new one for me is: “Social Distancing,” which is explained in this article along with the reasons why we should do it.

“Social Distancing: What It Is And Why It’s The Best Tool We Have To Fight The Coronavirus” – Thomas Perls

Sleep deprivation can cause a whole host of issues for a person, but this is amplified when someone is dealing with a concussion. New research is showing how blue light can actually help those with a concussion get better sleep.

“Light Improve Your Sleep Following Concussion?” – Complete Concussion Management

Leadership is not something that comes easy, but we could use more leaders in our profession, not only for the benefit to other practitioners but also to benefit our patients. This post outlines seven attributes of good leadership that we all could learn from.

“Leadership Matters” – Jason Giesbrecht

Athletes commonly use cortisone injections in their knee to mask pain, but research is starting to show this may actually cause more harm than good.

“Cortisone Injections For Hip And Knee Pain Are More Dangerous Than Was Thought” – Laura Donnelly

While this article is pointed toward physiotherapists, its equally as applicable to anyone in the manual therapy professions. It’s time for our professions to start a philosophical change in how we are helping and educating our patients dealing with pain.

“Philosophical Hurdles For Musculoskeletal Pain” – John Quinter

I was told repeatedly in college that people with a rotated sacrum could be dealing with pain from a resulted leg-length discrepancy. But, is this something we should really be worried about, or defining as the source of someone’s pain? Probably not like we used to believe.

“Should You Fix Leg-Length Discrepancy” – Nick Ng

Have any patients that are considering, or already scheduled for surgery? Here’s a real-time example of someone dealing with the struggles of post-surgery and what patients should probably know.

“Things They Don’t Tell You About Going Under The Knife” – Sarah Black

It’s not uncommon for one of our patients to come in with a hamstring strain and one of the best things we can do for this is to start loading the tissues. Here are some great variations on how you can do this to help with hamstring injuries.

“4 Reasons ‘Tight’ Hamstrings Lead To Hamstring Strains” – The Prehab Guys

When is the last time you took a holiday? It can be a struggle to fit them in sometimes when you’re self-employed, but if we just make a few changes in our schedule, maybe we can fit one in.

“RMT Burnout: Changing Your Schedule Can Free Up Much-Needed Vacation Time” – Ken Ansell