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Ep 183 – Long COVID and So Much More: “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner

12/17/2021

Digital illustration of a coronavirus molecule.

A client with a history of heart failure, lymphedema, and diabetes contracted COVID. At first, she seemed to get through with only mild symptoms, but many months later she is hospitalized for three days with blood clots and lung scarring. 

Is there a role for massage therapy for this client?

What questions do we need to ask to be safe?

Exercise your critical thinking muscles—listen on for more!

Stay tuned for the article in the January/February 2022 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine.

Resources: 

Pocket Pathology: www.abmp.com/abmp-pocket-pathology-app

Mosaic ground-glass opacities of pneumocystis pneumonia.
Image of mosaic ground-glass opacities of pneumocystis pneumonia

Bazdyrev, E. et al. (2021) ‘Lung Fibrosis after COVID-19: Treatment Prospects’, Pharmaceuticals, 14(8), p. 807. doi:10.3390/ph14080807.

“Ground glass opacity: Causes, symptoms, and treatments” (2021). Available at: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ground-glass-opacity

Massage & Bodywork - JULY | AUGUST 2020. Available at: http://www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1256819-july-august-2020/34?

Massage & Bodywork - MAY | JUNE 2021. Available at: http://www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1358392-may-june-2021/36?

Author Images: 
Ruth Werner, author of A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology.
Ruth Werner's logo, blue R and W interlinked.
Author Bio: 

Ruth Werner is a former massage therapist, a writer, and an NCBTMB-approved continuing education provider. She wrote A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, now in its seventh edition, which is used in massage schools worldwide. Werner is also a long-time Massage & Bodywork columnist, most notably of the Pathology Perspectives column. Werner is also ABMP's partner on Pocket Pathology, a web-based app and quick reference program that puts key information for nearly 200 common pathologies at your fingertips. Werner’s books are available at www.booksofdiscovery.com. And more information about her is available at www.ruthwerner.com. 

Author URLs: 
Ruth Werner:
http://www.ruthwerner.com
“Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Massage Therapy,” Massage & Bodywork magazine, September/October 2021, page 33
http://www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1402696-september-october-2021/34
“Pharmacology Basics for Massage Therapists,” Massage & Bodywork magazine, July/August 2021, page 32
http://www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1384577-july-august-2021/34
“Critical Thinking,” Massage & Bodywork magazine, May/June 2021, page 54
http://www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1358392-may-june-2021/56
Check out ABMP’s Pocket Pathology:
http://www.abmp.com/abmp-pocket-pathology-app
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About Anatomy Trains:  

Anatomy Trains is a global leader in online anatomy education and also provides in-classroom certification programs for structural integration in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Japan, and China, as well as fresh-tissue cadaver dissection labs and weekend courses. The work of Anatomy Trains originated with founder Tom Myers, who mapped the human body into 13 myofascial meridians in his original book, currently in its fourth edition and translated into 12 languages. The principles of Anatomy Trains are used by osteopaths, physical therapists, bodyworkers, massage therapists, personal trainers, yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonics, and other body-minded manual therapists and movement professionals. Anatomy Trains inspires these practitioners to work with holistic anatomy in treating system-wide patterns to provide improved client outcomes in terms of structure and function.  

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