The Science of Touch: An Introduction into the Science of Mechanotransduction and Mechanobiology
Christopher P Bump, MD
Format: Video of Slides

Mechanotransduction and Mechanobiology; chances are you haven't even heard of these sciences. But if you touch your patients, use acupuncture needles, work with myofascial therapy, healing touch or manipulate a joint, you are applying mechanotransduction. In this lecture, Dr. Bump will describe this exciting and exploding area of medical research and the benefits and value of "body work".

Cells respond to the external pressure exerted on them, which affects their signaling, therefore the forces exerted on a cell dictate how it responds to its environment. This is PROFOUND. External forces influence a wide spectrum of cellular events, including alterations in cell proliferation, differentiation, gene expression, growth factors, cytokines and protein production. Touching your patients has more affect than you might suspect, especially when you have an intention to heal. Research links mechanobiology to cancers, fatigue, inflammation, arthritis, heart disease and many other conditions.

This will be a fun and enlightening journey into the science of touch and will be appropriate for ANY healing art.