0:00 Administrativia 1:57 Why I was curious about TrPs 4:56 Anatomical context of the spinal cord 6:34 Main pain modulation theories in context 7:07 Ascending modulation: referred pain 9:29 Ascending modulation: Gate Control Theory (v. Descartes) 15:52 Descending modulation: pain in the brain 20:15 Descending modulation: neuromatrix theory ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QscW0wZ_5s
Here's how I keep my treatment records organized. This is the second in a series explaining how I keep my massage practice organized and humming along financially. This spreadsheet can be found on https://spmx.ca/records.
The full playlist is available at https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4j0OaiNac&list=PL3fxfEw38nFfXKrX2NbDr4mRrGU16oMbU
Patient records (~1h):
1/6 Spreadsheet download (6m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4j0OaiNac
2/6 Recording treatment details (22m): You are here.
3/6 Analyzing treatment stats (13m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=OBkVqCVikWY
4/6 Creating a patient archive (7m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=nov5f2q049c
5/6 Creating an annual activity summary (7m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=LN5eLGW0Xiw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwUCzphktvI
Great quotes from the movie (not all in this clip):
Mannheim: “Remember, there are no short cuts, son. Quick-buck artists come and go with every bull market. The steady players make it through the bear markets. You’re a part of something here, Bud. The money you make for people creates science and research jobs. Don’t sell that out.”
B. Fox: “I never knew how poor I was until I started making money.”
Gekko: “What’s worth doing is worth doing for money.”
Gekko: “A fool and his money are lucky to even meet.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqjQxs9l5fg
Entire video set: https://spmx.ca/erasmus. A handful of us set out on a series of adventures during the start of our two-year, double-master's studies in sport psychology: visiting museums, posing as statues, watching cigarette smoke-filled basketball games, hitting up the beach... Right from the beginning we knew we had a solid, solid group (September 9-October 31, 2013, Trikala/Skiathos/Thessaloniki, Greece). Originally uploaded to https://vimeo.com/122857119 on March 21, 2015.
Our program was the European Master's in Sport & Exercise Psychology (EMSEP, now http://postgrad.pe.uth.gr/pse), and the song is "White Sails" by Demis Roussos.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NIOWV1tqfM
The most sincere party I have ever attended. The theme was "be your own superhero". More details at http://decentralizeddanceparty.com & https://spmx.ca/ddp.
Prep starts under a bridge with tunes fully kicking in at 1:03, the walk to the dock at 1:53, we carry the boombox wagon up the coliseum steps at 2:13 and the hamster ball is released at 3:09. 3:24 is the robot Rickroll, and at 3:50 we take the party to the library, at 4:12 the hamster ball rolls through an underground parking lot (under a lot of safety supervision), and at 5:16 we move things to the local hockey rink. At 6:35 we pop by a business building stairwell and at 7:10 things wrap up in the pink love bus-turned-ball pit.
Here's what got it all going:
Go Crazy (Armand Van Helden & Majida, 0:00-0:22)
Midnight and You (The Love Unlimited Orchestra, 0:23-0:38)
Holding out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler, 1:03-1:57)
Jump (Kris Kross, 1:58-2:15)
The Power of Love (Huey Lewis & The News, 2:16-3:04)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgqIrfrZrDk
Lastly, some final thoughts on the finances underpinning my past decade of work in this field. This is the last video in a series explaining how I keep my massage practice organized and humming along financially. This spreadsheet can be found on https://spmx.ca/records.
The full playlist is available at https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4j0OaiNac&list=PL3fxfEw38nFfXKrX2NbDr4mRrGU16oMbU
Patient records (~1h):
1/6 Spreadsheet download (6m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh4j0OaiNac
2/6 Recording treatment details (22m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=mwUCzphktvI
3/6 Analyzing treatment stats (13m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=OBkVqCVikWY
4/6 Creating a patient archive (7m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=nov5f2q049c
5/6 Creating an annual activity summary (7m): https://youtube.com/watch?v=LN5eLGW0Xiw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrwJRmujCng
A team-building exercise performed May 10, 2017 with amateur improvisers under Daniel Chai from the Fictionals improv troupe based out of Vancouver. The goal is to lower the stick and I've never seen it go down so fast as with this group (it generally floats upwards because people get swept up in the energy of the game, ergo its name). I suspect it's because actors, unlike other groups usually performing this task (business people, students, or athletes), are very attuned to supporting their entire team on stage. For the full write up, visit https://spmx.ca/improv.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKAo49O0D6E
Reflections of student life in Europe as featured on https://spmx.ca/uk: taking a train from Trikala to the docks of Thessaloniki en route to Edinburgh's Field of Light (March 5-12, 2014, http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/field-of-light-exhibition-opens-in-edinburgh-1-3292998). Originally uploaded to https://vimeo.com/93118965 April 28th, 2014.
Our program was the European Master's in Sport & Exercise Psychology (https://spmx.ca/erasmus). The first song is "Pillow Quest" by Jonquil; the others are buskers improvising.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbTtEMeBsQ4
Updated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QscW0wZ_5s
Tl;dw: When massaging a tender point hurting locally, focus on imagery; when a trigger point referring pain, focus on breathing. Chimes added to let you know when to pay attention to slide changes beforehand. Please forgive if these are annoying (they were inserted to facilitate listening with eyes closed), as well as the few small editing mistakes here and there (eg: 7:56). Done is better than perfect! Everything in between let's just chalk up to experience : )
This is the accompanying video explaining my master's thesis on the psychology behind treating myofascial trigger point pain with massage therapy (https://spmx.ca/trp). A brief introduction contextualizing Canadian approaches to clinical massage therapy is followed by an introduction into my own questions about referred muscular pain. The trail then follows this elusive pain through neurology, imagery, and mind-reading technology (chimes mean images incoming):
0:02:42 Study background (description: 44:41, treatment: 46:09)
0:04:35 Pain modulation
0:08:12 Explaining referred pain
0:09:45 Gate control theory
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0T02SejkUI
Excerpts from an interview with Latvian sport psychologists Dace Eikena and Irina Simoņenkova on their practice in Riga. For the full writeup see https://spmx.ca/dace-irina.
We discussed Latvia's brain drain to the EU (0:05), their favourite techniques (performance profiles & "paper, pencil, eyes": 0:13), their take on resources like journals and movies (hard to access and not as effective, conversely very boring for many athletes: 1:00), and their criticisms of psychologists not always being very open on the sharing front (1:58). Next up were cultural considerations when working with Latvians (2:59), particularly dealing with a lack of confidence (3:16) and difficulty to motivate to perform well outside the Baltics (3:30), as well as the prominent role women play in Latvian culture (4:10), including the pre-Christian goddess Māra, the traditional view of freedom as a woman and, of course, Mother Latvia. Lastly we touched on the difficulty of mastering the context-rich Latvian language (4:35), as well as Irina's personal motto: "If you can reach the bar, it's not good for you" (4:55).
The remaining interviews in this Baltic series were with Lina Vaisetaitė in Lithuania (https://spmx.ca/lina), Nino Petriashvili in Belarus (https://spmx.ca/nino), and Dagmara Budnik-Przybylska in Poland (https://spmx.ca/daga).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-WG0xwDAU