Ruth Werner
Author, Educator, Artist
Today we have two stories about massage therapists exposed to the blood of clients with hepatitis C. Are they at risk for exposure to this common and serious infection? It depends.
What do you think it depends on? Spoiler alert: It has a lot to do with hygienic precautions.
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-223-hep-c-exposure-what-our-risk-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner
A client has a bewildering collection of signs and symptoms: hard, swollen ankles, a stiff elbow, fingers that “reverse direction”—what on earth is going on? It’s lupus, an autoimmune disease that can affect virtually every system in the body. It’s not always serious, but some of the consequences of the disease and of treatments for it have big repercussions for massage therapy clinical decisions.
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-221-lupus-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner
A client reports that she has a femoral artery stent, placed in 2017. Her doctor and nurse think massage is fine. All systems go, right? Maybe, maybe not. It turns out this topic is a lot more controversial than we knew, and a lot depends on what kind of stent she got.
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-218-femoral-artery-stent-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner
A client is recovering from a very severe case of COVID-19. She is in physical therapy and wants to add massage to her recovery. What do we need to know to work safely? What are some assumptions we can and cannot make about this client’s situation? Put on your critical thinking cap and listen in!
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-216-little-bit-o-covid-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner
What happens when your stomach pushes up into the mediastinum and compresses your lungs—and maybe even your heart? This common condition starts as a simple sliding of the esophagus but can progress to be life-threatening.
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-213-hiatal-hernia-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner
What is a migraine?
What is cortical spreading depression?
What is trigeminovascular system activation?
And what does it mean when this causes temporary one-sided paralysis?
And most of all: What if it’s not a migraine—what if it’s a stroke?
Migraines generate more questions than answers, but this episode will help sort out some of the basic factors.
Full show notes available at https://www.abmp.com/podcasts/ep-211-hemiplegic-migraine-i-have-client-who-pathology-conversations-ruth-werner