Valence Therapy - Jon Tallerico LMT, PT, DPT, ACSM-EP
@valencedpt.bsky.social
Doctor of Physical Therapy, Licensed Massage Therapist, Science-Based Practitioner, Skeptic, and Health Nerd.
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Now published in the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology!
In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals.
📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih
In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals.
📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih
September 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Now published in the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology!
In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals.
📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih
In this brief review, we summarise high-level evidence regarding physical activity and mental health, both from a prevention and treatment view for clinical exercise professionals.
📄 Paper: lnkd.in/g-K-Uuih
I promise to post about massage and physical therapy again, after these fires go out (soon, I hope?) regularly scheduled programming will be resumed. Until that day, here is Prof. Dave covering all of the absolute shenanigans RFK Jr. is up to.
youtu.be/HqI_z1OcenQ?...
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RFK Jr. is Dangerously Stupid
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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September 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I promise to post about massage and physical therapy again, after these fires go out (soon, I hope?) regularly scheduled programming will be resumed. Until that day, here is Prof. Dave covering all of the absolute shenanigans RFK Jr. is up to.
youtu.be/HqI_z1OcenQ?...
youtu.be/HqI_z1OcenQ?...
Hey! Vaccines are completely safe, and they are good for humanity. Andrew Wakefield is a liar, and he is still out there selling the same lies. For your consideration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
Andrew Wakefield is Still a Lying Piece of Crap
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
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June 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hey! Vaccines are completely safe, and they are good for humanity. Andrew Wakefield is a liar, and he is still out there selling the same lies. For your consideration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
Don't eat it.
Your skeleton has around 25,000 calories.
May 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Don't eat it.
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Ever ponder why RFK Jr. wants to ignore infectious diseases for non-infectious/chronic ones instead? Or why he seems to hate scientist Paul Offit & the lifesaving rotavirus vax he co-invented?
Malcolm Gladwell offers a nice explanation from reading RFK Jr.'s 400+ pg anti-Fauci book.
🛟🧪🧭😷 Medsky
Malcolm Gladwell offers a nice explanation from reading RFK Jr.'s 400+ pg anti-Fauci book.
🛟🧪🧭😷 Medsky
The RFK Jr. Problem - Malcolm Gladwell - Revisionist History
Malcolm Gladwell investigates the origins of what the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services believes (and doesn’t believe) about viruses.
www.pushkin.fm
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Ever ponder why RFK Jr. wants to ignore infectious diseases for non-infectious/chronic ones instead? Or why he seems to hate scientist Paul Offit & the lifesaving rotavirus vax he co-invented?
Malcolm Gladwell offers a nice explanation from reading RFK Jr.'s 400+ pg anti-Fauci book.
🛟🧪🧭😷 Medsky
Malcolm Gladwell offers a nice explanation from reading RFK Jr.'s 400+ pg anti-Fauci book.
🛟🧪🧭😷 Medsky
March 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
In case you have ever been taken in by this scam, "detox" is a buzz word and ionic baths are a lie. Be careful out there
March 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In case you have ever been taken in by this scam, "detox" is a buzz word and ionic baths are a lie. Be careful out there
When you think of mental health, does massage come to mind? Because it definitely should.
Touch had demonstrated large effects on depression, anxiety, stress, mood, and sleep quality.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38589702/
Touch had demonstrated large effects on depression, anxiety, stress, mood, and sleep quality.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38589702/
A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis of the physical and mental health benefits of touch interventions - PubMed
Receiving touch is of critical importance, as many studies have shown that touch promotes mental and physical well-being. We conducted a pre-registered (PROSPERO: CRD42022304281) systematic review and...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When you think of mental health, does massage come to mind? Because it definitely should.
Touch had demonstrated large effects on depression, anxiety, stress, mood, and sleep quality.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38589702/
Touch had demonstrated large effects on depression, anxiety, stress, mood, and sleep quality.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38589702/
January 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You would expect before getting your back popped by a Chiro, they should examine you and have a specific target in mind to "adjust" Right?
Turns out, it probably doesn't matter at all. General, random adjustments work better, or at least equally.
Be careful out there: www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/...
Turns out, it probably doesn't matter at all. General, random adjustments work better, or at least equally.
Be careful out there: www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/...
Physio Meets Science
Just published in JOSPT 🔥
The Effectiveness of Spinal Manipulative Therapy in Treating Spinal Pain Does Not Depend on the Application Procedures: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis 💡
👉 A....
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January 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
You would expect before getting your back popped by a Chiro, they should examine you and have a specific target in mind to "adjust" Right?
Turns out, it probably doesn't matter at all. General, random adjustments work better, or at least equally.
Be careful out there: www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/...
Turns out, it probably doesn't matter at all. General, random adjustments work better, or at least equally.
Be careful out there: www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/...
Don't panic, the end is (always) nigh!
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is...
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is...
The end is nigh and here's why
OR: Good Cup Bad Cup
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December 18, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Don't panic, the end is (always) nigh!
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is...
www.experimental-history.com/p/the-end-is...
Post concussion symptoms can drag on long after the expected recovery of a concussion by months or even years. Looking at functional neurological disorders as an explanation seems reasonable and grounds to get additional rehabilitation when needed. Fascinating!
fascinating. FND as an explanation for persistent post concussion symptoms... unclear what role if any cell damage, immune dysregulation, neuroinflammation, mito dysfunction, impaired energy metabolism, neurotransmitter changes, BBB disturbance etc play bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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December 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Post concussion symptoms can drag on long after the expected recovery of a concussion by months or even years. Looking at functional neurological disorders as an explanation seems reasonable and grounds to get additional rehabilitation when needed. Fascinating!
Education update: Touching other human beings carries a serious responsibility to understand that trauma survivors are ubiquitous and might have different needs. www.dr-olson.com/blog/why-tra...
Why Trauma-Informed Training Is Essential in Massage Therapy Education — DrOlson — DrOlson
“It’s inconceivable to me that massage is normally taught without a trauma-informed approach. This is significantly more essential than learning muscles. It seems profoundly inadequate, unprofessional...
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December 15, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Education update: Touching other human beings carries a serious responsibility to understand that trauma survivors are ubiquitous and might have different needs. www.dr-olson.com/blog/why-tra...
It is crazy how overly technical and absurdly specific internet exercise gurus pretend rehabilitation should be. Show up, move more, and do 1% better than yesterday. Everything else is noise. #painscience #painskyence #physio #physiotherapy
#physicaltherapy
#physicaltherapy
December 13, 2024 at 3:44 PM
It is crazy how overly technical and absurdly specific internet exercise gurus pretend rehabilitation should be. Show up, move more, and do 1% better than yesterday. Everything else is noise. #painscience #painskyence #physio #physiotherapy
#physicaltherapy
#physicaltherapy
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Trauma triggers chronic #inflammation, which has been linked to worsened PTSD symptoms and impaired recovery!
Research shows that trauma-induced immune system dysregulation can perpetuate mental #health issues.
⬇️ inflammation = ⬇️ trauma symptoms = ⬆️ recovery!
Move your body & heal!! 🫶🏻✨
Research shows that trauma-induced immune system dysregulation can perpetuate mental #health issues.
⬇️ inflammation = ⬇️ trauma symptoms = ⬆️ recovery!
Move your body & heal!! 🫶🏻✨
December 12, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Trauma triggers chronic #inflammation, which has been linked to worsened PTSD symptoms and impaired recovery!
Research shows that trauma-induced immune system dysregulation can perpetuate mental #health issues.
⬇️ inflammation = ⬇️ trauma symptoms = ⬆️ recovery!
Move your body & heal!! 🫶🏻✨
Research shows that trauma-induced immune system dysregulation can perpetuate mental #health issues.
⬇️ inflammation = ⬇️ trauma symptoms = ⬆️ recovery!
Move your body & heal!! 🫶🏻✨
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Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
Americans Spend More Years Sick Than Rest of World, Study Finds
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Even as Americans live longer, they spend more of their years in poor health than any other country, a new study shows.
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
People in the US live with illness for 12.4 years on average – up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association
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'Why your brain needs exercise' [via Scientific American, Jan 1, 2020] 🧪🧠🏃♂️🏊♂️🚴♀️
"...the results clearly indicated that #exercise can benefit the brain’s #hippocampus and its cognitive functions."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
#brain #neurogenesis #health #cognition #growth #neurons
"...the results clearly indicated that #exercise can benefit the brain’s #hippocampus and its cognitive functions."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
#brain #neurogenesis #health #cognition #growth #neurons
Why Your Brain Needs Exercise
The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health
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December 6, 2024 at 4:51 PM
'Why your brain needs exercise' [via Scientific American, Jan 1, 2020] 🧪🧠🏃♂️🏊♂️🚴♀️
"...the results clearly indicated that #exercise can benefit the brain’s #hippocampus and its cognitive functions."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
#brain #neurogenesis #health #cognition #growth #neurons
"...the results clearly indicated that #exercise can benefit the brain’s #hippocampus and its cognitive functions."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
#brain #neurogenesis #health #cognition #growth #neurons
Another win for sports massage, why stretch before a game when you can get a massage instead?
💆♂️ Pre-exercise massage significantly delays neuromuscular fatigue, enhancing performance. A game-changer for athletes and clinicians! New work from Wayne State University EACPHS Physical Therapy faculty and students!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39526873/
#SportsMedicine #PerformanceOptimization
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39526873/
#SportsMedicine #PerformanceOptimization
Massage prior to exercise delays the onset of the physical working capacity at the fatigue threshold (PWCFT) - PubMed
The findings of the present study indicated that FM was effective in delaying neuromuscular fatigue as assessed by PWC<inf>FT</inf>. These findings may be applicable to both athletic and clinical sett...
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December 6, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Another win for sports massage, why stretch before a game when you can get a massage instead?
Just a reminder that there are many alternatives to Evidence-Based practice
December 6, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Just a reminder that there are many alternatives to Evidence-Based practice
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How much static stretching do you need to improve flexibility? About 10 minutes per week.
#sportskyence
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#sportskyence
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Optimising the Dose of Static Stretching to Improve Flexibility: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Multivariate Meta-regression - Sports Medicine
Background Static stretching is widely used to increase flexibility. However, there is no consensus regarding the optimal dosage parameters for increasing flexibility. Objectives We aimed to determine...
link.springer.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:10 PM
How much static stretching do you need to improve flexibility? About 10 minutes per week.
#sportskyence
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#sportskyence
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Teach Self-Efficacy! Patients believe their body is a stack of spinal segments balanced on bony levers; pain is when something goes "out" and relief is the Therapeutic-Dependence Salesman down the street.
That is, until the day someone shows them relief without grift.
That is, until the day someone shows them relief without grift.
December 3, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Teach Self-Efficacy! Patients believe their body is a stack of spinal segments balanced on bony levers; pain is when something goes "out" and relief is the Therapeutic-Dependence Salesman down the street.
That is, until the day someone shows them relief without grift.
That is, until the day someone shows them relief without grift.
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
November 28, 2024 at 7:07 PM
New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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Dreaming of Relief: The Importance of Sleep in Lupus and RA
Sleep is crucial for managing inflammation and health. In rheumatic diseases like lupus and RA, disrupted sleep is common and can worsen symptoms & disease progression.
Sleep is crucial for managing inflammation and health. In rheumatic diseases like lupus and RA, disrupted sleep is common and can worsen symptoms & disease progression.
Dreaming of Relief: The Importance of Sleep in Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis | RheumNow
Sleep plays a critical role in regulating inflammation and overall health. In rheumatic diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), disrupted sleep is common and can exacerbate symptoms and…
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November 25, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Dreaming of Relief: The Importance of Sleep in Lupus and RA
Sleep is crucial for managing inflammation and health. In rheumatic diseases like lupus and RA, disrupted sleep is common and can worsen symptoms & disease progression.
Sleep is crucial for managing inflammation and health. In rheumatic diseases like lupus and RA, disrupted sleep is common and can worsen symptoms & disease progression.