Professional Resource Inquiry

While skin to skin contact promotes bonding between mother and infant, skin to skin contact is very calming for infants. When the infants are calm, and breastfeeding reflexes are well developed, they latch more quickly, which help the mothers have positive maternal feelings. Immediate skin to skin contact between a mother and infant and early initiation of breastfeeding leads to improvement of breastfeeding outcomes.

Touch is the first sense we experience in the womb and may also be the last we experience before death. To understand the consequences of losing the sense of touch we must first understand its benefits. Touch is an important element of how we understand and relate to our world. Touch can convey personal feeling towards one another or it can convey danger such as heat or sharp surfaces. The inability to feel sensations on the ski impacts many different situations and can potentially have dangerous repercussions. Our ability to survive is not generally dependent on our sense of smell or our sense of taste. However, if one does not possess the sense of touch, it can directly imperil our very existence.

The types of touch were divided into two groups; instrumental (instances where the mother 's physical contact with the infant consisted of activities such as moving and sitting) and stimulatory (instances where the mother 's physical interaction with the infant consisted of activities such as rocking as well as playing with the infant). The researchers found that the mothers of male infants had a tendency to use more stimulatory and affectionate touch while the mothers of female infants had a tendency to use more instrumental and caretaking forms of touch.

I will discuss two of those ways. The first is related to the advance in technological services, specifically speaking of telemedicine. Telemedicine has a great purpose in healthcare, however, in regards to the elderly it can create an atmosphere that is impersonal and results in a lack of touch due to treatment being given through technology rather than in person (Martinez-Alcala, Munoz, & Monguet-Fierro, 2013). The second way in which our society has contributed to touch deprivation is by the decrease use of massage due to the lack of study on the benefits of massage and touch therapy with the increased use of hi-tech treatments (Anderson & Taylor, 2011). Nurses are able to enhance touch for the elderly by making a point to shake hands or hug the person. They can advocate for massage therapy and to have the physician use both physical and technological treatments for the elderly, not just rely on the technological aspects of care. A major component that nurses can do is educate. She can educate family and friends on the importance of touch to the elderly’s physical and emotional

McCormack in 2009, published by Occupational Therapy International. This study focused on older adults in the hospital who were admitted for surgical reasons. The researchers wanted to see how therapeutic touch affected post-op patients. These patients were also being seen by occupational therapy in the hospital. 90 participants made up three groups; an experimental, control, and placebo group. The post-surgical patients were randomly assigned to one of the three groups, each group totaling 30 participants. Since there were randomized trials, but did not include other sources, this is a level two study. The study measured the participant’s pain based off of three different scales. McCormack’s (2009) study included multiple different measurement scales for various variables. The Memorial Pain Assessment Card (MPAC) measured intensity, the VAS measured pain, and the Tellegan Absorption Scale observed and distinguished the participant’s locus of control (McCormack, 2009, p. 49-50). The results indicate that therapeutic touch can alleviate the pain of post-surgical patients. There are many benefits that therapeutic touch can offer and supports its implementation as a non-pharmacological pain management strategy (McCormack,

In my professional practice project, I was given the topic of spreadsheets and it was a very interesting experience. At first, I was kind of skeptical about spreadsheets due to the fact that I have rarely used them, but I have actually come to like using them after learning how to format and arrange data in graphs and tables along with using its functions to find the sum and average. In the rest of my reflective essay, I will discuss about how I will use spreadsheets in my future classroom, how I would evaluate myself in the development of the professional practice project, and how I evaluate the performance of my group members in the professional practice project and why everyone participated equally.

Review, describing Hollinger and Buschmann (1993) as the authors of the “Perception of Touch Instrument”, which considers study measures for analyzing various forms of touch with direct participant observations and data collecting through surveys for data analysis. Consistently, with and characterizing “therapeutic touch” as a form of nonverbal communication, which incorporates specific tactile movements, to induce a calming physical affect (Routasalo 1999, p. 846). Moreover, gentle human touch provides a sense of comfort, kindness, and caring in a non- intrusive fashion, which is not limited to patients or nurses, but is a universal unspoken language utilizing

Research has shown how vital touch is to human development. At the University of California, Berkley, professor of psychology Dacher Keltner, has conducted extensive research on the science of human touch. In a lecture to his students, Keltner said, "In recent years, a wave of studies has documented some incredible emotional and physical health benefits that come from touch. This research is suggesting that touch is truly fundamental to human communication, bonding, and health." (emphasis mine)

The emotional balance bodywork is just as important as the tangible physical benefits that are associated with massages, so both your body and your brain will loves you for it. Massages can also boost brainpower by raising alertness. In the 1996 Touch Research Institute Study (TRI), adults who were given a 15-minute chair massage were much more alert afterwards and were able to complete a series of math problems much more accurately and faster than before.

Rood approach was first introduced by Margaret Rood in the 1950’s which become center of origins for many facilitation techniques used in this century. This approach came from the reflex of motor control, also it builds up an arrangement of helpful activities to enhance cutaneous incitement for patients who have neuromuscular dysfunctions adjacent to proprioceptive manoeuvers like situating, joint pressure, joint distraction and the general utilization of reflexes, extend, and protection. The best accentuation is given on interceptive applications, for example, tapping, stroking, brushing, icing, warmth, weight, and vibration to fulfill ideal solid activity.

GSM and blood flow. Massage significantly increases blood flow in healthy adults. Wood and Becker found that deep stoking and kneading of the calf doubled the rate of blood flow for forty minutes in healthy adults (26). Goats’article confirmed that “forceful massage in a healthy adult increases both local blood flow and cardiac stroke volume”

Massage therapy have gone a lot more popular in the last few months. A recent research revealed that up to 90% of the diseases are stress-related. The increased competition at workplace, prolonged seating hours and lack of exercise....All these factors adds to your tension levels. However, strain and anxiety affect the central nervous system, the muscular system, the reproductive & respiratory system. It takes toll on your immunity as well.

“In humans touch represents a powerful form of non-verbal communication. Our sense of touch plays a fundamental role in daily life, from learning about objects to communicating with other people” (Sappi). Dr. David Eagleman is a neuroscientist; a scientist who study’s the way the brain functions. Eagleman’s main focus is for the sensatory elements, including touch. He states, “More than half the brain is devoted to processing sensory experience, and much of that sensory receptivity focuses on touch” (Sappi). Our skin is so sensitive, “your finger can detect a bump 3 microns wide, three 100ths the width of a human hair” (Sappi).

adults often use the services of licensed touchers to fulfill the body contact needs that result from decreased adult contact in our society. We hire masseuses and masseurs, barbers, and beauty specialists, and may sometimes even increase our visits to the doctor merely to get a good dose of tactile medicine. (Richmond, 2012, p.

The sense of touch is truly the first of the five senses developed. Physical touch allows a newborn to completely take in their surroundings. With a light touch, an individual is able to figure out the weight, size, shape, and temperature of a certain object. It also teaches an individual about awareness of their own bones and muscles in their body. Touch helps the bond between people and brings them closer together. It has been proven that physical contact stimulates the orbitofrontal cortex in the brain, which is connected to compassion and reward. The skin of the human body has receptors that produce emotional responses, depending upon the type of touch or the situation. They are the same receptors that can detect pain after an accident. It a biological response, in fact there is support that shows that