Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy is the manipulation of muscle and connective tissue to enhance the function of those tissues and promote relaxation and well-being, reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. Massage therapy can be effective for a variety of conditions, including arthritis, lower back pain, headaches,recovery from sports injuries.

Massage therapy appears to have few serious risks if it is used appropriately and provided by a trained massage therapist. Massage therapy has also proven beneficial for many chronic conditions, such as:

low back pain
arthritis
bursitis
high blood pressure
diabetes
depression

Massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday living that can lead to disease and illness.

Average Result

3.4

154 Results

Results and Conditions
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Lower Back Massage
Back Muscle Spasms
Chronic Headache
Back Pain Treatment
Wrist and Arm Pain
Lower Back Pain Treatment

Top Helpful Cases

Healed

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Hip Replacement

Twenty-five years of running and being pulled along by two large dogs wore away my left hip joint. Scoliosis didn't help. I toughed it out for years with physical therapy and yoga, and finally had to have my hip totally replaced. I wasn't happy, but I got a great result and I can hardly remember it isn't mine, except when ...

Healed

6 of 6 people found this helpful

Lower Back Pain

I had severe lower back pain after slipping on a patch of ice. I fell on what I called by tail bone. The initial pain that I had was in my lower back. After a few days I started to have pain shooting down my left leg. I also started to have muscle spasms in my lower and upper back. ...

No change

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Herniated Disc with severe and constant dual leg sciatica

I am including this supplement to note the numerous treatments that did not work. These treatments included the use of anti-inflamatories, ice, muscle relaxants, pain medications, physical therapy, and three cortical steroid injections were given over a period of one year. Pain medications were increased from norco, to percocet, to oxycontin to fentanyl to combat increasing and uncontrollable pain. Initial ...

Massage Therapy is Used For These Conditions

Area	Condition	Average Result	Healed	Helped a Lot	Helped a Little	No Change	Made Worse
	All Conditions (average)	3.4 (154)	28	51	39	31	4
Arm	Compound Fracture	4.0 (1)		1
Arm	Wrist Sprain	4.0 (1)		1
Arm	Biceps Tendinitis	3.7 (3)	1	1		1
Arm	Elbow Pain	3.7 (3)		2	1
Arm	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	3.5 (2)	1			1
Arm	Numbness	2.0 (1)				1
Back General	Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease	4.0 (1)		1
Back General	Postpartum Back Pain	3.5 (2)		1	1
Back General	Muscle Spasm	3.0 (1)			1
Back General	Spina Biffida/ Scoliosis	3.0 (2)		1		1
Back General	Pain	2.3 (8)		1		7
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Spondylolisthesis	5.0 (2)	2
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Piriformis Syndrome	4.5 (2)	1	1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Pain	3.9 (16)	4	8	3	1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Sciatica	3.5 (8)	1	3	3	1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Pinched Nerve	3.5 (2)	1			1
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Osteoarthritis - Degenerative Disc Disease	3.5 (6)		3	3
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Herniated Disk	3.4 (16)	2	5	6	3
Back Lower (Lumbar)	Sacroiliac Joint	2.7 (3)		1	1		1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Muscle Strain	4.0 (2)		2
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Pain	4.0 (3)	2			1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Scoliosis	4.0 (1)		1
Back Mid (Thoracic)	Herniated Disk	3.3 (3)		1	2
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Trapezius Spasm	5.0 (1)	1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Pain	4.6 (5)	3	2
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Pinched Nerve	4.0 (1)		1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Muscle Strain	3.5 (2)		1	1
Back Upper - Neck (Cervical)	Herniated Disc in Neck	3.0 (3)	1	1
General	Gout	4.0 (1)		1
General	Cumulative Trauma Disorder (CTD)	4.0 (1)		1
General	Depression	4.0 (1)		1
General	Extremely Low or No Flexibility in Joints	3.0 (1)			1
General	Fibromyalgia	2.0 (1)				1
Head	Chronic Headache	3.0 (4)			4
Hip	Fracture	5.0 (1)	1
Hip	Osteoarthritis	3.5 (2)	1			1
Hip	Ischial Tuberosity Syndrome	3.0 (2)			2
Hip	Pain	2.7 (3)			2	1
Hip	Labral Tear	2.0 (1)				1
Hip	Bursitis	2.0 (1)				1
Hip	Arthritis	2.0 (1)				1
Internal	Ehlers Danlos syndrome - "Cutis hyperelastica"	3.0 (1)			1
Knee	Patello-Femoral Syndrome	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Iliotibial band syndrome	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Lateral Meniscus Tear	5.0 (1)	1
Knee	Meniscus Knee Injury	4.0 (1)		1
Knee	Anterior Cruciate Ligament Damage (ACL)	4.0 (1)		1
Knee	Medial Meniscus Tear	4.0 (1)		1
Knee	Normal Cartilage Wear	4.0 (1)		1
Knee	Pain	3.1 (9)	2	1	2	4
Knee	Tendinitus	3.0 (1)			1
Leg	Plantar Fasciitis	4.0 (1)		1
Neurological	Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)	3.0 (1)			1
Shoulder	Arthritis With Impingement	5.0 (1)	1
Shoulder	Rotator Cuff Injury	3.0 (1)			1
Shoulder	Tendinitis	2.7 (3)		1	1		1
Shoulder	Pain	2.6 (5)		1	1	3
Shoulder	Bone Spurs	1.0 (2)					2
Skin	Acne	4.0 (1)		1

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