Healthcare Video Reflections: Summaries and Key Learnings Analysis

This assignment comprises reflections on eleven healthcare-related videos, each focusing on a specific aspect of healthcare and research. The reflections cover a wide range of topics, starting with massage therapy's impact on muscle soreness and exploring its neurological and psychological effects. The assignment delves into neuroplasticity, explaining its role in treating brain disorders. It also examines the relationship between affective touch, attachment styles, and pain perception, as well as the nocebo effect in massage therapy. Further topics include pain as a symptom or disease, the role of occupational and physical therapists in pain management, and the importance of sleep for health. The reflections also encompass health literacy, decision aids, and the significance of consent in healthcare treatments. Each reflection provides a summary of the video's content and highlights key learnings, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of current healthcare practices and research.

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Response 1: Massage Therapy Journal Club
The video discusses the impact of massage therapy on relieving muscle soreness. The
speaker makes use of the evidence base to compare and contrast the findings of different
research studies in order to evaluate that whether or not massage therapy could effectively help
in reducing muscle soreness. The speaker discussed about a research journal that mentions
massage alleviates delayed onset of muscle soreness aster a strenuous exercise workout. The
scientific article comprised of a systematic review and meta-analysis authored by a group of
Chinese authors Guo Li Gong ZuZuZu and Chen and was published in the year 2017. The
authors included a total of 11 research papers and a total of 504 participants that fulfilled the
eligibility criteria. The overall findings of the research stated that muscle soreness significantly
reduced when participants received the massage therapy. The results were compared to a group
of two participants, one that received the intervention and one that did not receive any
intervention. The massage therapy was found to improve the maximal isometric force and
reduced the serum creatine kinase level. The authors have addressed the research assuming that
muscle soreness occurs after 24 hours of intense exercise training and is known to achieve its
peak between 48 hours to 72 hours and is combines with muscle swelling that decreases
muscular performance. Massage therapy has been studied to increase skin and muscle
temperature and lymphatic flow and improves the parasympathetic activity. The speaker has
further mentioned that the use of psychotherapy along with massage therapy helps in improving
patient outcome and promotes relaxation among the patients. In addition to this, the speaker also
mentioned about a number of research evaluation techniques. I have thoroughly gained
experiencein relation to research evaluation and assessment. Further, I also learnt that muscle
soreness differs from one individual to another based on a number of factors such as age and

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fitness levels and that massage therapy in combination with psychological therapy can help in
improving cumulative patient outcome.
Response 2: Message Therapy Journal Club-“Haptically Linked Dyads”
This video discusses about a potential link between ‘massage therapy’ and neurological
processing and coordination. This research further stresses upon the fact that there is a strong
need to expand massage therapy research beyond the conventional research studies and evaluate
the fundamental nature of cooperation, touch, perception as well as processes that might occur
outside the body of an individual. The speaker critically discusses about how massage therapy
affects the structure and function of the musculoskeletal system by promoting a relaxation
response by virtue of decreasing muscle tension and decreasing the tonic muscle contractions.
The speaker discusses the research paper authored by Reed et al. (2006). The research study
deals with the evaluation of performance of the haptically linked dyads on the target acquisition
task and compared it to the performance level of the individuals when the same task was
performed on an individual basis. Conevntionally it should be expected that in the diad
condition, the subject would need to deal with the motion output of his own motor skills as well
as his partner’s motor skills and would therefore encounter more resistance. However,
surprisingly the cumulative results revealed that diads performed better than individuals
regardless of the higher proportion of the irrelevant forces that were exerted opposed to one
another. However, participants believed that their individual performance was better than when
their partners were included in the experiment. In addition to this, the video also talks about, a
potential link between massage therapy and hypnosis. In other words, the speaker talks about
how a hypnosis in combination with a massage could lead to an in-depth physical and mental
relaxation at the convenience of the client’s time and space. The speaker draws on the reference

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that the physical body and mind are interconnected and that hypnotic imagination could lead to
potential benefits which could lead to a building stronger muscle density as well as alter the
blood flow so as to promote relaxation within the body.
Response 3: Neuroplasticity: the science behind rewriting the brain
From the video lecture, an explanation about what Neuroplasticity is and how it is
impacting the treatment and diagnosis of brain disorder like dementia, Parkinson, and Alzheimer
disease. From the video lecture, it was believed that brain does not have the capacity to change
and do treatment of various brain disease has been noted. The key finding form the lecture
reflected that Brain plasticity or neuroplasticity showed that, Brain has the capacity to change
and adapt to the response. This means that brain has the competency to reorganise and rewire
itself with respect to the any kind of injury or disease or any experience. From the lecture, it was
noted that may cell die and there is loss of neuron in the memory centre of brain known as
hippocampus as seen in the Alzheimer disease. It was found that physical activity, social and
mental activity can stimulate neurogenesis and increase memory and improve the mood. Chronic
stress and theory of depression highlight that there is production of new brain cell. It was also
found from the lecture when a person do any powerlifting, brain works in smarter way and
plasticity is increased. As it is seen that if one arm is extended, other arm also get stimulated
which reflect that neuroplasticity is generated in the brain. In Parkinson disease, music therapy,
dance therapy help to maintain body balance which is attributed by the property of Brain
plasticity. Thus, summarizing the key finding, brain cell and neurons shows the property of
plasticity due to which in Alzheimer and other neurological disorder regain the capability of
speaking after disease or injury. Thus the research give a new insight and implication towards
maintaining healthy brain.

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Response 4: Message Therapy Journal Club- Affective Touch, Attachment Style, and Pain
The video lecture is about a deep discussion on the research article which is based on the
massage therapy journal club explaining the concept of affective touch, attachment style and
pain. The major key finding from the video lecture is that different attachment style in people are
responsible for different intensity of pain. It was noted that women of 20 years old were
subjected to pain by the mean laser shots. It was found that people have their respective
attachment style and the pain modulation is affected by it. The pain is modulated by touch as
stroke by makeup brush affects pain by the location of the stroke. Touch on different location
one in the palm and other on the forearm gives different intensity of pain. The main reason
behind such concept is such location have different underlining of nervous system as they are
rich in A delta fibre and B delta fibre. The major cause for this that different branch of nervous
system activate different affects. Thus, it can be said that different modulation of pain is because
of affective touch at different location of the body. In the video it was found that pain research
was difficult in human because of research ethic so such pain needs to be administered which
does not harm human life. It was found that, speed of stroke in the human also affect the
modulation of pain. It is also articulated that measuring the rating of pain is linked with the
different attachment style of the people and it also affects activity of Brain. Through such
processing of pain can be summarized. Therefore, the lecture has also found some confrontation
like attachment style of people have great impact on the lifespan of people. Such argument does
not have any valid evidence and the massage therapy requires more research in the context of
pain modulation and attachment style.
Response 5: Message Therapy Journal Club-Just breathe normally

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From the video lecture it was noted that massage therapy and Nocebo effect. The video
has explained that nocebo effect can be avoid by many different means. Nocebo effect occurs
when there is some negative expectations by the patient regarding the treatment. From the video
it was found that patient do have some of the negative feeling related to the type of treatment and
its side effects and risk. People are highly concern about the process about the process of
treatment. It was founded that nocebo effect can be established by sending negative message to
the patient and by receiving secondary gain which can increase the process of being treated. it
was also found that hypnosis is the just the technique that is given to perpetuate the patients.
Hypnosis is not operative in every patients, as some of the recipient do not respond to it.
Massage therapy is done with some person who may or may be positive recipient of hypnosis.
Massage therapy is found to be done for many reason like for inducing meditation and
relaxation. In order to avoid nocebo effect, like in giving massage therapy to the patient, a
consent form can be made to sign regarding the therapy. All prior information is given to the
patient to avoid nocebo effect in them. A template form of consent conveys information
regarding side effect and risk factor associated with massage therapy. Therefore, it was also
found that breathing normally in massage therapy is the way to relax the body. It was also found
that massage technique needs some risk of causing some discomfort in them. Hence, breathing
normally will help to build a comfort zone for the people. Additionally there are many college
who offers education about the technique of massage therapy.
Response 6: Pain: a symptom or a disease
The video lecture is based on the pain whether it is symptom or disease. The key finding
of the video lecture is that pain is both personal and global and many people live with chronic
pain. Pain have different dimension where it can be acute or chronic. If the pain is more than

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three months which is associate with some injury causes are regarded as chronic pain. Pain
travels through signals to brains. The theory of pain differs with different perspective of
culturally different people. In order to measure pain it was found that research is ongoing on this
topic and as it is based on subjective data it is unmeasurable. The current approached to chronic
pains are surgery, drugs and injections. People can do physiotherapy or undergo hypnotised
massage therapy. Earlier it was though that only pharmacological intervention is present to treat
the prevalence of pain. However, there many non-pharmacological intervention present that is
gaining popularity. The biological and psychological contraction is necessary for eradicating
pain. Evidence based pain management is also taking place and it is most effective as more of the
medication has been tested for its effectiveness. Pain is the experienced and psychological. In
cancer survivor, pain is caused by cancer treatment. The pain has nothing to do with the cancer
and causes comorbidities in both children and adult. It was found that people who have lethal
and severe illness such as diabetes, cardiovascular complication, injuries, and arthritis has
different intensity of pain which is hard to measure. There is evidence regarding measuring pain,
as many factor are involved in pain and it was found it is mostly based on the subtype and is
associated with neurological stigma. Lot of Further efficient management of pain can be done by
incorporation of both physical activity and medication.
Response 7: Paincloud Podcasts
The video is based on the interview by Bronnie Lennox who is an occupational therapist.
On the basis of the interview it was found that with the action of physiotherapist and
occupational therapist pain and Musco-skeletal management can be done effectively. There are
some barrier in private practice in comparison to working in multidisciplinary team. One of those
is inadequate funding model and it does allow to develop connection and trust with the other

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team members in relation to clinical perspective. It is important to have personal relationship to
develop multidisciplinary team because there is need to know about the capability of the each of
the team members. They need to have same goal and same procedure to treat patients.
Occupational therapist is the one who focus on the occupational and psychology of the person
regarding their daily activity which included like what they have done or what they will do. Such
thing helps the person to work well in their life. For helping the patient who has the problem of
immobility or severe pain which can be due to osteoarthritis or any surgery, multidisciplinary
action proves to be beneficial for them. In order to address the issue, there is the need for asking
consent before giving any intervention and all the information related to treatment should be
given prior to treatment. Psychologist or with the help of counsellor patient can be made to
understand in a better way regarding their health or pain management. The main focus of an
occupational therapist relies on the having a good life and functional outcome of the patients.
They make the people do what they like to do. Such thing can be approached by both private
practice as well as by multidisciplinary action. Therefore, doing most enjoyable things by the
person have good quality of life with value and it will help in managing the pain.
Response 8: Optimising care for those experiencing chronic pain
The video is based on the minimize risk and optimize care for those experiencing chronic
pain. It was found that in 1990, back pain was a severe issue and despite the intensive research,
still chronic pain is persisting. Research is ongoing on disk regeneration where the viable cells
and artificial shock polymer is injected into the disk and then into stem cell, the disk grows.
However, human studies is lacking research. Methylene blue injection into the disks result in
treating the spine pain. Another research say that person wearing woolen underwear there is 65%
reduction in back pain. Another important finding says that there is need to stop ineffective

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treatment and care for the back pain as it is expensive and posing severe health issues. A new
approach known as bio psychosocial aimed at giving pain suffers an understanding of the
modern pain biology. To minimize the risk of pain, undergoing psychological intervention helps
in coping with the disease which can be achieved through psychosocial education. In today time
people have become extensive user of mobile phone and due to change in their lifestyle, there
body posture is also changing. Due to this there is high prevalence of back pain, even in the
powerlifting people bend down can cause back pain. The major finding regarding care to the
pain, physical activity can be an answer to it. Further it can be also be said that there is need to
change the concept related to the pain management which calls for revolution. It has given an
insight that today’s medical health sector, are involved in prescribing drugs and mainly focus on
the pharmacological intervention which calls for stopping such activity. The main reason behind
it is high side effect of the medication on health of the people. Another intervention is needed to
be focused to tackle the issue of back pain.
Response 9: Sleep: the new health frontier?
The video is based on the new health frontier which is related with sleep. From the video
it was found that the report of Deloitte Access Economic highlight that 40% of the Australian
experience problem in sleeping. There are different sleep disorder associated with the lack of
sleep which includes obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome and shift
work disorder. All such disorder are highly prevalent however, it is not amenable to treatment. It
was found that sleep is critical for the weight management and balancing of the hormone.
Research on sleep is taking extensive area giving clear evidence that sleep is important for all
aspect of good health. It is known that people can remain awake for 16 hours if they are go
beyond that people can face cognitive or neurological impairment and it is known as short term

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sleep loss. Hence there is need for adequate sleep. It was known that sleep can be easily
sacrificed which have serious health consequence. Despite of the importance of diet and exercise
in maintaining health of the people, it is also argued that have quality sleep is parallel to diet and
physical activity. Getting quality sleep is necessary for overall good health. Sleep is also the
antidote for the mental health people as it gives relaxation to the brain and help in improving the
behavior of the people. However, in today generation due to change in lifestyle of people, people
are not able to get adequate sleep which is also leading to the emergence of various health issues.
Sleep therapies is going to the major intervention to solve health problem. Therefore, it is said
that people need to sleep in order to wake up.
Response 10: Improving health literacy using decision aids
The aim of the lecture is related to the improving the health literacy with patient decision
aids. The major finding of the lecture is related to the procedure or steps that could be used to
help patient understand the information they need to make their decision using patient decision
aids. Health literacy is the competency to apply reading and numeracy skills in health care
setting. There is three level of health literacy which includes functional, communicative and
critical health literacy. Health literacy is important because it helps patient to obtain, process and
understand the basic conceptual health related information and will be able to look after their
good health. It was found that if people have poor health related knowledge will lead to high rate
of chronic illness, high rate of mortality, higher hospitalization, lower rate of preventive service
and poor management of health. In National population survey, it was noted that 36 to 60% of
adult have low health literacy in US, UK and Australia. Shared decision making is related to
patient centered care. They are informed about the benefits and harm of health care treatment and
they are motivated to show their preference of kind of treatment they want and help them to

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make their own decision. They will be given evidence based information regarding their good
health. Shared decision making helps in increasing knowledge, to lower uncertainty and
increased participation in decision making. Further it help in reduction of overuse of some
nursing intervention. The research presented in the lecture stated that decision aid is the most
effective in adult however there is the need of appropriate designation of the model. It was also
found that in spite of such benefit there is a need for more research. To improve the health care
setting, cross disciplinary approach need to be developed and testing of the interventions need to
be processed to mitigate the impact of poor health literacy on the outcome of health in lethal
disease.
Response 11: Consent for treatment: A summary guide
The aim of the lecture is related to consent for treatment and guide for the health
practitioner about obtaining consent for treatment. It was found that adult have the right to reject
or accept to give consent regarding the necessary treatment. It is the duty of health practitioner to
give effective care and important information related to the treatment. If the health practitioner
fails to provide warning about the associated risk with not taking treatment, a legal action can be
taken against him for negligence. Therefore, it was found that health practitioner is the
responsible body both legally and professionally to give effective and important information to
the patient about the treatment. There is need to meet four valid requirement to establish a valid
consent. Those include capacity to understand about the treatment, consent should be given
without any pressure, consent should be specific to the treatment and explain the process of
treatment. National health and medical research council has put up several guideline about the
concept that need discussion. Some of the guideline are as follow health practitioner must
discuss about nature of illness, benefit-side effect of treatment, alternative option for diagnosis,

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outcome of taking the treatment any long term effect of the treatment. It was found that children
who is under 14 years of age have no right to give their consent for treatment however children
of 14 to 18 years have legal rights regarding this. However, adult person who have the capability
to understand the process of treatment and are not mentally impaired have right to give consent.
Therefore, in case of children, their parent have the right to take decision in behalf of their child.
Consent can be obtained from one or both the parents. In case of financial consent, information
related to fees must be outlined.