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Dry Needling & Electro-Needling (E-Stim) – Release, reset, and restore.
ByJames Maddock September 7, 2025September 7, 2025
Dry Needling and Electro-Dry Needling (also called “E-Stim”) are advanced therapeutic techniques that I use to help relieve musculoskeletal pain and tension. These methods involve inserting very fine, sterile needles into specific points in your muscles – often those tight “knots” known as myofascial trigger points – to stimulate a healing response. Electro-Needling (or E-Stim)…
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Anatomy and Physiology | Injuries | Massage | Pain | Remedial Massage | Sports
Remedial Massage for Muscle Bruises, Contusions, and Hematomas
ByJames Maddock December 12, 2023September 3, 2025
Remedial massage is an excellent treatment for healing bruises, but only from 5–7 days after the initial injury.
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Body-Mind | Experience | Injuries | Manual therapy | Massage | Medicine | Pain | Physiotherapy | Remedial Massage | Stress
Remedial Massage for Chronic Muscle Pain and Central Nervous System (CNS) Sensitisation
ByJames Maddock November 14, 2020
Physical pain symptoms are the number one reason that patients seek healthcare in Australia at this time – more often than for infectious disease, cancer, or any other illness. Symptoms of pain are one of the primary reasons people take time off work. Pain also affects peoples’ abilities to take recreation, socialise with friends, and…
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Injuries | Manual therapy | Massage | Myotherapy | Pain | Physiotherapy | Posture | Remedial Massage
Are my muscles “pulled,” “twinged,” “torn,” “strained,” in “spasm,” or “sprained”?
ByJames Maddock May 18, 2020
Muscles, tendons, and ligaments; sprains, strains, and pulls. Just what is going on with your painful muscles, and what does it mean for getting better? This article is a guide
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Body-Mind | Education | Experience | Medicine | Nutrition | Pain
The Separation of Medical Science from the Human Heart and Soul is an Illusion
ByJames Maddock May 6, 2020
There are pros and cons to the scientific method in medicine. Science is objective and devoid of emotion, but human patients are not. This post explores how we got here, and how we might bridge that gap.
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Anatomy and Physiology | Experience | Manual therapy | Massage | Medicine | Pain | Remedial Massage | Surgery
What is Thoracic Outlet Syndrome?
ByJames Maddock June 28, 2017
Outline Please remember to read the disclaimer advice at the bottom of the page. Thoracic outlet syndrome is a painful condition in which swelling of the thoracic outlet can compress the nerve and blood vessel bundles that stretch from your neck to your fingers. The thoracic outlet is a space between your collarbone and your…
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Fitness | Massage | Pain | Remedial Massage
DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) and how to beat it
ByJames Maddock April 24, 2017
Recent research in the last few years[1] [2] suggests that a large component of DOMS is not from damage to the muscle fibres (as is commonly thought), but more from an over-activation of your central nervous system (CNS) when it is not used to so much activity. It basically gets upset at you for making…
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Anatomy and Physiology | Experience | Fitness | Massage | Pain | Posture | Remedial Massage
Why is back pain so common?
ByJames Maddock February 19, 2017
The facts of back pain: Back pain is especially common in the developed countries – and it seems that the more developed the country, the more back pain there is.[1][2][3] The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 2021 that low back pain was the most physically disabling condition in the world, so if you have low back…
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Anatomy and Physiology | Fitness | Injuries | Pain | Posture | Remedial Massage
Pliability – or, how to train with fewer injuries
ByJames Maddock February 9, 2017
Don’t stretch before your workouts. Yeah, I said it. Here’s why..
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Anatomy and Physiology | Experience | Manual therapy | Massage | Pain | Posture | Remedial Massage | Stress
The most important thing your massage therapist doesn’t know
ByJames Maddock October 28, 2016
Do you see a massage therapist for your sore, tight-feeling shoulders? If you do, there is every possibility they are making you feel worse, not better.
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