Geoffrey Bove presents at 2013 International Massage Therapy Research Conference

Geoffrey Bove, DC, Ph.D., associate research professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, participated in the 2013 International Massage Therapy Research Conference, which was held April 25-27 in Boston and was attended by 350 therapists.  He was chosen, as a “person of strong character,” to participate in the opening blessing given by Luata Bray, Native American Shaman.

Bove presented potential neurobiological mechanisms of massage therapy as part of a session titled “How does massage work? Potential mechanisms.”

Bove also summarized his recent research in collaboration with Susan Chapelle, RMT, on visceral manipulation for postoperative ileus and adhesions.  He co-authored a case description, presented at the conference by Chapelle, on obstipation and sciatic radiating pain that was treated using this method.