Congratulations to the 2007
Student Case Report Contest
Award Winners!
2007 Gold Award Winner:
Anne Walton,
Kine-Concept
Institute Ontario,
"Investigating the
Effectiveness of Myofascial
Release Techniques in the
Treatment of Primary
Raynaud's Syndrome"
2007 Silver Award Winner:
Jada Bell,
Carteret
Community College,
Jacksonville, NC, "Massage
Therapy's Effects on Low
Back Pain with Sciatica
Symptoms"
2007 Bronze Award Winner:
Robin Anderson,
Community College of
Baltimore County, "Positive
Systemic Effects Using
Therapeutic Massage as a
Conjunctive Treatment for
Rheumatoid Arthritis"
2007 Honorable Mention:
Eric Mathis,
Atlantic
College of Therapeutic
Massage, Fredericton, New
Brunswick, "The Effects of
Massage Therapy in Pain
Management for Patients
Undergoing Chemotherapy for
Cancer"
View the full case report.
2007 Honorable Mention:
Alana Mountain,
Fleming
College, Ontario, "Massage
Therapy Reduces Frequency
and Intensity of Symptoms
from Lumbar Disk Herniations"
Previous Winners Published
in Journal of Bodywork and
Movement Therapies (JBMT):
2006 Student Case Report Contest Gold Award Winner,
Lindsey Phipps Eisensmith, article published in
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (JBMT)
2006 Student Case Report Contest Silver Award Winner,
Meg Russell, article published in Journal of
Bodywork and Movement Therapies (JBMT)
2005 award winner
Michael Hamm's
case report published
in JBMT
Reprinted from Journal of
Bodywork and Movement
Therapies, V10(1), Michael
Hamm, Impact of Massage
Therapy in the Treatment of
Linked Pathologies:
Scoliosis, Costovertebral
Disfunction, and Thoracic
Outlet Syndrome, pp 12-20,
2006, with permission from
Elsevier.
View Winners from Previous
Years
Other Resources:
Brian J. Gleberzon, (2006) "A
Peer Reviewers Plea."
J Can Chiropr Assoc 50(2).
Student Case Report Contest Winners - Congratulations to the following student award winners!
2006 Winners
2006 Gold Award Winner:
Lindsey Phipps Eisensmith, Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy, "Massage Therapy Decreases Frequency and Intensity of Symptoms Related to Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome in one case study."
2006 Silver Award Winner:
Meg Russell, Sandhills Community College in Pinehurst, NC, "Massage Therapy Benefits Restless Leg Syndrome."
2006 Honorable Mention:
Peggi Honig, Potomac Massage Training Institute in Washington, DC, "A Case Report of the Treatment of Piriformis Syndrome: Applying Modalities of Therapeutic Bodywork."
2005 Winners
Two "Gold" Award Grand Prize Winners:
Michael Hamm, Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle, WA
Case Report Title: "Impact of Massage Therapy in the Treatment of Linked
Pathologies: Scoliosis, Costovertebral Disfunction and Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome."
Susie Young, Southwest Academy of Healing Arts in Cedar City, UT
Case Report Title: "The Quantifiable Efficacy of Massage Therapy and
Fibromyalgia."
Honorable Mention:
Amy Bilyk, Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle, WA
Case Report Title: "Treating the Upper Extremities with Therapeutic Massage."

From left to right: Michael Hamm (Student), Amy Bilyk (Student),
Matthew Sorlie (Faculty), Pat O'Rourke (Faculty), and Brian
Utting, (Owner)
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