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The co-recipient of the 2014-15 Réal Gaboriault scholarship presented at the Harvard Medical School in Boston

Posted : November 24, 2024 Hit : 3968

Raymond Lord, specialized massage therapist and passionate of fasciatherapy, recently presented four case studies via a poster presentation at two major international conferences.

In September, thanks to the contribution of the Réal Gaboriault scholarship Raymond presented his poster at the 4th International Fascia Research Congress near Washington DC and attended about thirty conferences / workshops. The aim is to nurture understanding of multiple aspects of fascia with of scientific rigor and to promote collaboration between the scientific communities, medical and clinic.

The scientific committee has positioned his studies in three of the fourteen categories:

1) Special considerations in fascia: Fasciatherapy to positively support children with learning disabilities;
2) Cancer and fascia: Fasciatherapy to minimize the symptoms of burning hands in chemotherapy patients (study under a contract in oncology at Granby Hospital);
3) Manual therapy and fascia: Fasciatherapy to improve flow after angioplasty of the jugular veins of patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and Fasciatherapy to relieve trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasms.

Raymond explains: "Dr. Tom Findley, a pioneer in the field, wrote to me:" You have a very interesting poster" and invited me to present it at Harvard because he specifies: "I think people there will be very interested in your project".

In November, Raymond presented his poster to an unprecedented event in integrative medicine, that is the first joint conference in acupuncture, oncology and fascia at the prestigious Harvard Medical School and attended eleven leading conferences. The goal being to synthesize the clinical and basic research that highlights the importance of fascia in cancer biology and biomechanics role of body treatments such as acupuncture, massage therapy, yoga and stretching, and this, in a global even integrated approach of health promotion and cancer prevention.

Raymond explains: "Thanks again to KC for recognizing my leadership via the scholarship. It helped to improve and have the privilege of speaking to several researchers, oncologists, nurses and therapists interested in relieving their patients with fasciatherapy that I practice. My fascia is still bubbling and for a long time!

"It is a great pride that invaded all the Kine-Concept team to see one of its graduates perform such achievements and this is exactly the aim of the Réal Gaboriault scholarship", says Daniel Turcotte, co-founder of Kine-Concept Institute of the Canadian Centre for Research on Touch (CCRT). More than a century has passed since the father of osteopathy, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still has put forward the hypothesis, to say the least visionary, to the effect that there would be a connection between cancer and fascia. Daniel Turcotte concludes: ''Get our sincere congratulations and thanks for this important step for massage therapy and osteopathy! We are very proud of you, dear Raymond.''

Do not miss Raymond Lord’s presentation of Tuesday, January 26, 2016, where he will share his experiences and we will update the new knowledge on fascia and this, in a context of integrative medicine (in French).
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