Massage Science with Eric Purves

Massage science will bring you the latest research and feature discussions about the science of massage, touch and current pain science. This is a podcast created for the massage, manual and movement therapist. Eric Purves is a massage therapist, educator, and researcher with a passion to have the massage and musculoskeletal professions embrace current science and start to realize their full potential to help improve well being. Eric has been working tirelessly to inspire change in his profession and this podcast is another platform for him to express his thoughts, discuss the current science, and interview therapists on specific topics. What makes this podcast different? Eric will be exploring topics that focus on the current science of touch, best practices for MSK care, and how this relates to the massage and manual therapy professions. New episodes are scheduled to be released every 2 weeks and they will be 30-60 minutes long.

Massage Science with Eric Purves is a health podcast hosted by Eric Purves, with 40 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Eric Purves hosts Massage Science with Eric Purves, a health show with 40 episodes published.

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  Pain Education, No Script Provided. Ep 7, Making an MSK Pain Assessment

  Mar 21, 202659 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The Massage Science Podcast and my company, The Centre for Evidence-Based Education (The CEBE), are now official partners with <b>Noterro</b>.</p><p>Partnering with them feels like a natural alignment with our mission to support busy clinicians.</p><p>Get Noterro free for 44 days!<br>Noterro makes clinic management easy with scheduling, billing, and charting all in one place</p><p>Support the show</p><p>Head on over to my website. This includes a list of all my upcoming courses, webinars, self-directed learning opportunities as well as some helpful learning...

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  Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 6, Conflation and Semantics

  Jan 21, 20261h 1mS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We rethink pain from the ground up with Monica Noy, separating nociception from pain and showing how sloppy language and seductive stories distort care. We examine multiple modes of nociceptive activation, challenge “root cause” thinking, and push for ethical, precise explanations that validate lived experience.<br/><br/>• nociception as necessary for pain, not equivalent to pain<br/>• immune, neuroinflammatory, cellular, and prolonged stress pathways activating nociception<br/>• the nail-in-the-boot anecdote clarified and deconflated<br/>• risks of guru narratives and circular brain-first explanations<br/>• the pitfalls of “root cause” and regional interdependence<br/>• pain-driven movement changes ver...

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  Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 5. Rethinking Inflammation

  Jan 8, 202657 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The Massage Science Podcast and my company, The Centre for Evidence-Based Education (The CEBE), are now official partners with <b>Noterro</b>.</p><p>Partnering with them feels like a natural alignment with our mission to support busy clinicians.</p><p>Get Noterro free for 44 days!<br>Noterro makes clinic management easy with scheduling, billing, and charting all in one place</p><p>Support the show</p><p>Head on over to my website. This includes a list of all my upcoming courses, webinars, self-directed learning opportunities as well as some helpful learning...

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  Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 4. Definitions and Clinical Descriptors

  Dec 11, 202552 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>We examine the IASP definition of pain, why shared language matters, and how sloppy semantics derail research and care. We contrast barriers to recovery with causes, clarify differences between nociceptors and nociception, and use sensitization and nociplastic as hypotheses that guide better reasoning.<br/><br/>• using the IASP definition to ground assessment<br/>• distinguishing nociceptors, neurons, and nociception<br/>• reframing biopsychosocial as barriers to recovery<br/>• identifying sensitization without overpathologizing<br/>• applying nociceptive, nociplastic, neuropathic as hypotheses<br/>• avoiding conflations like “pain signals” in clinic and AI<br/>• aligning treatment dosing to irritability and mechanism<br/>...

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  Pain Education, No Script Provided Episode 3. Social Determinants of Health

  Nov 22, 202553 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Without understanding social determinants of health, pain care becomes guesswork dressed as certainty. Monica Noy helps us separate influence from cause and shows why humility is a clinical skill.<br/><br/>• why private care creates privilege and access gaps<br/>• how BPS gets narrowed and misused as causation<br/>• influence versus cause across bio, psycho and social factors<br/>• education gaps in neuroscience and pain mechanisms<br/>• harms of structural narratives and “root cause” claims<br/>• core social determinants: income, racism, education, work, sleep, access<br/>• sex and gender biases in research and pain treatment<br...

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