Treatment Reviews:  Massage Therapy for Back Lower (Lumbar) Pain


Condition Treatment Average Result Healed Helped
a Lot
Helped
a Little
No Change Made Worse
Back Lower (Lumbar) Pain
Massage Therapy
3.9
4 8 3 1

Cases  


  • nessa
  • Female
  • 29 years old
  • 197 pounds
  • 5 Feet 2 Inches
 No change

historic treatment description

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Inversion + Exercise
Helpful?
 Helped a little

historic treatment description

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Massage Therapy + Heat Therapy + Exercise + Proper Posture + Change of Sleeping Position
Helpful?
  • snochan15
  • Female
  • 22 years old
  • 210 pounds
  • 5 Feet 7 Inches
 Helped a lot

It helped a lot, but some parts made it so I didn't want to return to it.

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Treatment Combo:   Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Micro current + Physical Therapy
Helpful?
  • tcpmagic
  • Male
  • 185 pounds
  • 6 Feet None Inches
 Helped a little

It has been ongoing for 18 months or so. I play hockey twice a week and have done so for 18 years.

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Treatment:   Massage Therapy
Helpful?
  • spc_kaun
  • Male
  • 36 years old
  • 185 pounds
  • 6 Feet 1 Inches
 Helped a lot

Since I last deployed to Iraq in 2009-2010 I've had constant pain in all areas of my back and more specificLly my cervical area. I've had multiple treatments including physical therapy and using benzodiazepine to help the muscle spasms and issues associated with the pain.

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Treatment Combo:   Pain Killers (Analgesic) + Massage Therapy
Helpful?
  • aqueduck
  • Male
  • 26 years old
  • 165 pounds
  • 5 Feet 6 Inches
 Helped a lot
one person found this helpful

As an office worker with poor posture and who uses a work laptop for 8 hours a day, I have chronic back pains that extend from around the neck to the lower back. Every other month or so, I used to treat the pain by way of massage therapy. While ...

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Treatment Combo:   Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Exercise + Back Support Brace
Dates:  January 26, 2006 - January 27, 2010
Helpful?
  • riz
  • Female
  • 5 Feet 3 Inches
 Healed

Last week i got a lower back pain due to the whole day working at the office because i need to overtime,the result i got a terrible lower back pain.So i decided to take a break, i got 2 days leave on my work.I rest my back of course there`s ...

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Massage Therapy + Rest + Heat Therapy
Dates:  October 30, 2010 - November 1, 2010
Helpful?
  • ASTER
  • Female
  • 26 years old
  • 180 pounds
  • 5 Feet 7 Inches
 Helped a lot
2 of 2 people found this helpful

There is a long history of back problems in my family, and being so I threw out my back for the first time at the age of 23. It took me about two weeks to realize that the pain was not going to go away on it's own, regardless of ...

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Treatment Combo:   Glucosamine + Yoga + Ice + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Micro current + Stretching Treatment + Heat Therapy + Pressure + Proper Posture + Change of Sleeping Position
Dates:  April 21, 2008 - Ongoing
Helpful?
  • infinity8
  • Male
  • 36 years old
  • 212 pounds
  • 6 Feet 5 Inches
 Helped a lot

Although I still receive lower back pain sometimes, for the most part I have found that exercise and eating better have contributed to a more aligned non hurting back I began swimming in the ocean or pool 3-4 times a week for 30 minutes. I also invested in the Wii ...

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Treatment Combo:   Swimming + Strengthening + Massage Therapy + Exercise + Cocoa Butter Cream + Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dates:  May 1, 2010 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Healed
one person found this helpful

This past February while attempting to shovel snow, I experienced an intense but isolated pain in my lower back. The injury appeared to be considerable but didn’t require immediate medical attention. I applied an ice pack in the affected area for a period of twenty minutes continuously and decided to ...

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Treatment Combo:   Ice + Massage Therapy + Reflexology Treatment + Stretching Treatment + Rest + Bed Rest + Motrin - Ibuprofen
Dates:  February 3, 2010 - February 17, 2010
Helpful?
  • enkidu87
  • Female
  • 24 years old
  • 120 pounds
 Helped a lot
2 of 2 people found this helpful

Due to chronic abuse, I have chronic pain in my lower back. I went in to seek treatment at 18 years of age, and the doctor first suggested I lose weight ( I was 5'2'' and weighed 115 lbs). I went to see someone else who after trying a number ...

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Treatment Combo:   Walking + Ice + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Range of Motion Exercises + Stretching Treatment + Tricyclics (Amytriptaline)
Dates:  November 20, 2009 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Helped a lot

After bieng in an automobile accident involving another vehicle striking mine from the rear end several times, i underwent several months of physical therapy for lower lumbar damge to my spine,The treatments ranged from electric stimulation and massage therapy;to step master machines, weights, and water therapy. After several negative attempts ...

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Treatment Combo:   Cable Weights + Weight Machines + Strengthening + Chiropractic + Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy + Traction + Inversion
Dates:  January 7, 2009 - October 20, 2009
Helpful?
 Healed

I was diagnosed in the fall of 2006 with a Bilateral Stress Fracture after a football season which put immense tension and excruciating pain in my back. The pain was subtle at first, but the pain grew until I went to see a physical therapist for diagnosis. He believed it ...

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Treatment Combo:   Massage Therapy + Physical Therapy
Dates:  November 18, 2006 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Healed

Hello my name is Justin Beck and I have been working construction for over 20 years. I am in my early 40's now and all the hard years of labor are finally starting to catch up with me. Every morning I wake up to a sore back and sometimes it ...

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Treatment Combo:   Massage Therapy + Vicodin Medication
Dates:  January 28, 2010 - Ongoing
Helpful?
 Helped a lot
one person found this helpful

Ideveloped lower back pain that was radiating down my leg. I got two cortizone injections about four months apart. It helped every time but after a while the pain returns.Although Idid not have any side effects, I decided not to get the third injection after reading about many side effects ...

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Treatment Combo:   Cortisone Injection + Tai Chi + Massage Therapy
Dates:  June 20, 2004 - Ongoing
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