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READ PART 1 OF THIS ARTICLE IN THE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009 DIGITAL EDITION OF MASSAGE & BODYWORK, PAGE 100, avaILabLE at www.massagEandbOdywOrk.COm. Additional Resources Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Thomas Jefferson University benefit chronic pain and rehabilitation patients. Grand Rounds, Physical Flexibility and efficient stretching: its use to Haggquist, J.P. 2004. Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. also leaves a client with a sense of empowerment and accomplishment for a job well done—and even a little bit of sweat to show for it. education and sports medicine. He is founder of the Muscular Therapy Institute. Benjamin has been in private practice for more than 45 years and has taught communication skills as a trainer and coach for more than 25 years. He teaches extensively across the country on topics including SAVI communications, ethics, and orthopedic massage, and is the author of Listen to Your Pain, Are You Tense? and Exercise Without Injury, and coauthor of The Ethics of Touch. He can be contacted at 4bz@mtti.com. who specializes in physiatry, a branch of medicine focused on restoring optimal functioning and quality of life to people with physical impairments or disabilities. Haggquist completed his residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, his osteopathic internship at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and his medical education at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. He teaches widely on flexibility and neuromuscular reeducation, Jeffrey P. Haggquist, DO, is an osteopath Ben E. Benjamin, PhD, holds a doctorate in and is a national specialist on Active Isolated Stretching. He has trained elite athletes and is the medical director of the Flexibility, Sports, and Rehabilitation Clinic in Washington, D.C. Prior to his medical training, he practiced as a neuromuscular massage therapist for more than two decades. Editor's note: Massage & Bodywork is dedicated to educating readers within the scope of practice for massage therapy. Essential Skills is based on author Ben E. Benjamin's years of experience and education. The column is meant to add to readers' knowledge, not to dictate their treatment protocols. NOTES 1. A.L. Mattes, Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method (Sarasota, FL: Aaron Mattes Therapy, 2000), 5. 2. James Cyriax, Textbook of Orthopedic Medicine 8th ed., vol. 1 (London: Bailliere Tindall, 1982), 16–19. 3. A.L. Mattes, Active Isolated Strengthening: The Mattes Method, 5–6. 4. Extrapolated from H. van Praag, T. Shubert, C. Zhao, and F.H. Gage, "Exercise Enhances Learning and Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Aged Mice," The Journal of Neuroscience 25, no. 38 (September 2005): 8680–5. 5. Observations drawn from Dr. Haggquist's clinical data. isolated stretching combats restricted range of motion. Massage Magazine 137. Flexible fascia: how active Mattes, A.L. 2007. visit www.stretchingusa.com (the official Active Isolated Stretching website) or about AIS training, For information www.benbenjamin.com. www.stretchingusa.com connect with your colleagues on massageprofessionals.com 93