Purves Versus

About Purves Versus

Massage science will bring you the latest research and feature discussions about the science of massage, touch and current pain science. This is a podcast created for the massage, manual and movement therapist. Eric Purves is a massage therapist, educator, and researcher with a passion to have the massage and musculoskeletal professions embrace current science and start to realize their full potential to help improve well being. Eric has been working tirelessly to inspire change in his profession and this podcast is another platform for him to express his thoughts, discuss the current science, and interview therapists on specific topics. What makes this podcast different? Eric will be exploring topics that focus on the current science of touch, best practices for MSK care, and how this relates to the massage and manual therapy professions. New episodes are scheduled to be released every 2 weeks and they will be 30-60 minutes long.

Publisher

Eric Purves

Category

education · health & fitness · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Apr 2023

Latest episode

21 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Mar 2026

   Pain Education, No Script Provided. Ep 7, Making an MSK Pain Assessment

   Send us Fan Mail The Massage Science Podcast and my company, The Centre for Evidence-Based Education (The CEBE), are now official partners with Noterro. Partnering with them feels like a natural alignment with our mission to support busy clinicians. Get Noterro free for 44 days!Noterro makes clinic management easy with scheduling, billing, and charting all in one place Support the show Head on over to my website. This includes a list of all my upcoming courses, webinars, self-directed learnin...

2. 

   21 Jan 2026

   Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 6, Conflation and Semantics

   Send us a text We rethink pain from the ground up with Monica Noy, separating nociception from pain and showing how sloppy language and seductive stories distort care. We examine multiple modes of nociceptive activation, challenge “root cause” thinking, and push for ethical, precise explanations that validate lived experience. • nociception as necessary for pain, not equivalent to pain • immune, neuroinflammatory, cellular, and prolonged stress pathways activating nociception • the nail-in-t...

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   9 Jan 2026

   Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 5. Rethinking Inflammation

   Send us a text The Massage Science Podcast and my company, The Centre for Evidence-Based Education (The CEBE), are now official partners with Noterro. Partnering with them feels like a natural alignment with our mission to support busy clinicians. Get Noterro free for 44 days!Noterro makes clinic management easy with scheduling, billing, and charting all in one place Support the show Head on over to my website. This includes a list of all my upcoming courses, webinars, self-directed learning ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

985

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

60

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