• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Ruth Werner

Ruth Werner

Author, Educator, Artist

Contact Me
  • Home
  • Author
  • Educator
    • Online, Self-Paced Courses
    • Course Descriptions
      • Ethics Course Descriptions
      • Pathology Course Descriptions
      • Pharmacology Class Descriptions
      • Regarding COVID-19 Course Descriptions
      • Research Course Descriptions
    • Resources for Educators
      • Educators’ Class Descriptions
      • Virtual School Visits
      • Books
  • Artist
  • Podcast
  • Student Portal
You are here: Home / Archives for Podcast

Podcast

EP 238 – POST-SURGICAL NEUROPATHY

June 3, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

A client has a knee replacement on his RIGHT knee, but then develops nerve symptoms in his LEFT foot. It’s been five years, and he’s seen a variety of specialists, and no one knows what’s going on. His massage therapist has some strategies to help him, but what is really going on here? Spoiler alert: I have no idea, but I learned some fascinating things about post-surgical neuropathy!

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-238-post-surgical-neuropathy-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

EP 236 – ALS

May 27, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

A client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and ultimately terminal nervous system disease, is getting amazing results with massage and other interventions. How is this possible?

ALS is a serious situation, but if the client can communicate clearly, it is a great match for massage. Listen in to hear what this therapist has seen happen over the course of their work together.

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-236-als-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

EP 233 – PSORIASIS

May 20, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

Close-up on the left elbow of a person wearing a horizontal light and dark blue striped shirt, they are touching a spot of psoriasis on their elbow with their right index and middle fingers

In my last call out asking for I Have a Client Who . . . stories, several people asked about working with people with psoriasis. There’s no specific story for this one, but this is a challenging condition, and the people living with it deserve all the support they can get.

Will massage cure psoriasis? No.

Will massage improve the quality of life for people who have this condition? You bet.

What does that look like? Listen in for more.

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-233-psoriasis-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

EP 231 – CHOLESTEATOMA

May 16, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

In a follow up from an early episode, we revisit what we thought was a stubborn sinus infection but turns out to be something entirely different. This client’s sensation of stuffiness and muffled hearing persisted and got worse, long after her sinus infection cleared up. Further investigation revealed cysts growing in her middle ear—what in the world is going on?

Listen in for more information on cholesteatomas.

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-231-cholesteatoma-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

EP 228 – ON SHAKY GROUND: ORTHOSTATIC TREMOR

May 6, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

White person sitting on beige seating wearing grey pants and a pink shirt leaning over and grabbing their left calf with both hands

A client has orthostatic tremor, also called shaky leg syndrome. But this condition can shake up a lot more than legs! Here is a situation with no information about the best role for massage. Is there anything we can do for this client?spondylitis, and what surprising findings we see in the research about massage for this condition.

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-228-shaky-ground-orthostatic-tremor-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

EP 226 – ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

April 29, 2022 by Rianne Chavez

MRI sacroiliac articulation. Study of ankylosing spondyloarthritis patient. The results of the study on the x-ray.

The Rebel Massage Therapist wrote in with one of her “I Have a Client Who . . .” stories in this episode about a client with textbook-defying symptoms. Listen for an exploration of ankylosing spondylitis, and what surprising findings we see in the research about massage for this condition.

Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-226-ankylosing-spondylitis-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner

Filed Under: Podcast

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 12
  • Page 13
  • Page 14
  • Page 15
  • Page 16
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 18
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

Articles & Podcasts

  • Journal Articles
  • “I Have a Client Who…” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner

Courses

  • Online, Self-Paced Courses
  • Virtual School Visits
  • Courses

Other Information

  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Me

Copyright © 2025 · Ruth Werner







Sign up to get updates about classes & books