Advanced Therapeutic Massage
205-385 Glenmore Road V1V 2J9 Kelowna, BC, Canada

The clinic will reopen just as soon as we are authorized to do so. Unfortunately it’s not likely May 19th.

The clinic will reopen just as soon as we are authorized to do so. Unfortunately its not likely May 19th.

We are sure many of you have heard that RMT’s are included in phase 2 which is scheduled to begin May 19 onward. We do not have an opening date yet because we have to wait until we receive guidelines and protocols from our governing body and the provincial health officer. We will let you know as soon as we have a date for opening. We look forward to seeing you all again as soon as is safely possible. Also, if you receive massage from a clinic that has not yet been authorized to reopen then your extended medical plan will NOT reimburse you. Thank you for your patience

We are sure many of you have heard that RMTs are included in phase 2 which is scheduled to begin May 19 onward. We do not have an opening date yet because we have to wait until we receive guidelines and protocols from our governing body and the provincial health officer. We will let you know as soon as we have a date for opening. We look forward to seeing you all again as soon as is safely possible. Also, if you receive massage from a clinic that has not yet been authorized to reopen then your extended medical plan will NOT reimburse you. Thank you for your patience

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The Spinal Cord The spinal cord is made up of bundles of nerve fibers. It runs down from the brain through a canal in the center of the bones of the spine. These bones protect the spinal cord. Like the brain, the spinal cord is covered by the meninges and cushioned by cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal nerves connect the brain with the nerves in most parts of the body. Other nerves go directly from the brain to the eyes, ears, and other parts of the head. This network of nerves ca...rries messages back and forth between the brain and the rest of the body. By The Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh.

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Dec. 22, 2013 Using high-resolution functional MRI (fMRI) imaging in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in mouse models of the disease, Columbia University... Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have clarified three fundamental issues about Alzheimer's: where it starts, why it starts there, and how it spreads. In addition to advancing understanding of Alzheimer's, the findings could improve early detection of the disease, when drugs may be most effective. The study was published today in the online edition of the journal Nature Neuroscience. "It has been known for years that Alzheimer's starts in a brain region known as the entorhinal cortex," said co-senior author Scott A. Small, MD, Boris and Rose Katz Professor of Neurology, professor of radiology, and director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. "But this study is the first to show in living patients that it begins specifically in the lateral entorhinal cortex, or LEC. The LEC is considered to be a gateway to the hippocampus, which plays a key role in the consolidation of long-term memory, among other functions. If the LEC is affected, other aspects of the hippocampus will also be affected." The study also shows that, over time, Alzheimer's spreads from the LEC directly to other areas of the cerebral cortex, in particular, the parietal cortex, a brain region involved in various functions, including spatial orientation and navigation. The researchers suspect that Alzheimer's spreads "functionally," that is, by compromising the function of neurons in the LEC, which then compromises the integrity of neurons in adjoining areas. A third major finding of the study is that LEC dysfunction occurs when changes in tau and amyloid precursor protein (APP) co-exist. "The LEC is especially vulnerable to Alzheimer's because it normally accumulates tau, which sensitizes the LEC to the accumulation of APP. Together, these two proteins damage neurons in the LEC, setting the stage for Alzheimer's," said co-senior author Karen E. Duff, PhD, professor of pathology and cell biology (in psychiatry and in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain) at CUMC and at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. In the study, the researchers used a high-resolution variant of fMRI to map metabolic defects in the brains of 96 adults enrolled in the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP). All of the adults were free of dementia at the time of enrollment. "Dr. Richard Mayeux's WHICAP study enables us to follow a large group of healthy elderly individuals, some of whom have gone on to develop Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Small. "This study has given us a unique opportunity to image and characterize patients with Alzheimer's in its earliest, preclinical stage." The 96 adults were followed for an average of 3.5 years, at which time 12 individuals were found to have progressed to mild Alzheimer's disease. An analysis of the baseline fMRI images of those 12 individuals found significant decreases in cerebral blood volume (CBV) -- a measure of metabolic activity -- in the LEC compared with that of the 84 adults who were free of dementia. A second part of the study addressed the role of tau and APP in LEC dysfunction. While previous studies have suggested that entorhinal cortex dysfunction is associated with both tau and APP abnormalities, it was not known how these proteins interact to drive this dysfunction, particularly in preclinical Alzheimer's. To answer this question, explained first author Usman Khan, an MD-PhD student based in Dr. Small's lab, the team created three mouse models, one with elevated levels of tau in the LEC, one with elevated levels of APP, and one with elevated levels of both proteins. The researchers found that the LEC dysfunction occurred only in the mice with both tau and APP. The study has implications for both research and treatment. "Now that we've pinpointed where Alzheimer's starts, and shown that those changes are observable using fMRI, we may be able to detect Alzheimer's at its earliest preclinical stage, when the disease might be more treatable and before it spreads to other brain regions," said Dr. Small. In addition, say the researchers, the new imaging method could be used to assess the efficacy of promising Alzheimer's drugs during the disease's early stages. The paper is titled, "Molecular drivers and cortical spread of lateral entorhinal cortex dysfunction in preclinical Alzheimer's disease." The other contributors are Li Liu, Frank Provenzano, Diego Berman, Caterina Profaci, Richard Sloan and Richard Mayeux, all at CUMC. The study was supported by grants from National Institutes of Health (AG034618, AG025161, AG07232, AG037212, NS074874, and HL094423. Article HERE: http://bit.ly/1eICyl7

Did You Know: When a pregnant woman suffers organ damage (such as a heart attack), the fetus sends stem cells to the damaged organ to help repair it. And women who have previously been pregnant show neurological protection against certain diseases. Info From discovery.com

Use Your 'ABCDE' to Spot Deadly Skin Cancer by Medicine Net As pools and beaches beckon this summer, be sure to protect your skin against the sun's rays and rem...ember that early detection is the best way to prevent and successfully treat the deadly skin cancer melanoma. The "ABCDE" method of identifying the disease remains highly effective, according to experts at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. The medical center is where the ABCDEs for melanoma detection were developed. The original ABCD guide was created in 1985 and the E was added nearly 20 years later. "The impact of the ABCDEs has been profound, creating a simple and quick guide for anyone to examine themselves. Few would argue that countless lives have been saved by the development and awareness of the ABCDEs--helping detect the most dangerous form of skin cancer while still curable with simple removal before the cancer has spread," Dr. Seth Orlow, a professor of pediatric dermatology and chair of department of dermatology, said in a Langone news release. The ABCDEs for melanoma detection are: Asymmetry: one-half of the mole is unlike the other. Border: the mole is irregular, scalloped or poorly defined. Color: a mole has variations in color from one area to another or has different shades of tan, brown, black and sometimes white, red or blue. Diameter: a mole is bigger than the size of a pencil eraser. Evolving: a mole that changes in size, shape or color. "Performing regular skin self-examinations using the ABCDE guide to check for warning signs of skin cancer, especially melanoma, is an important and easy way to detect suspicious lesions and spots that could be cancerous," Dr. Jennifer Stein, associate director of the Pigmented Lesion Service at Langone, said in the news release. More Here:http://bit.ly/1n1sL7P

How Muscles Work and How They Respond to Resistance Exercise - "Muscle contraction isn't just all brawn. You might look at bodybuilders and powerlifters and thi...nk that it's just all mass that allows them to do those Herculean lifts. But it's much more than that. Sure, mass is part of it, but the contraction of muscle, and strength in general, is much more than just size. I'll review the mechanisms of muscle contractions and how your muscles respond to resistance exercise in this article" Full Article Here: http://bit.ly/14vxyv6 Art by Ivan Stalio

muscle fiber - /muscle/ (mus'l) /fiber/ (fiber) muscle fiber: any of the cells of skeletal or cardiac muscle tissue. Skeletal muscle fibers are cylindrical ...multinucleate cells containing contracting myofibrils, across which run transverse striations. Cardiac muscle fibers have one or sometimes two nuclei, contain myofibrils, and are separated from one another by an intercalated disk; although striated, cardiac muscle fibers branch to form an interlacing network. See more