Research on Benefits of Massage Therapy

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Massage was effective in the relief of depression in women who had experienced the recent death of a child, according to preliminary results of a study at the University of South Carolina.
Massage improve recovery rates in patients who underwent adbomial surgery in studies funded by the National Institiutes of Health (NIH).
Massage prior to an exam provided Medical students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with a significant decrease in their anxiety levels and respiratory rates. Researchers also found a significant increase in white blood cells and other signs of improved immune system functions.
Research results suggested cancer patients had less pain and lowered anxiety levels after receiving therapeutic massage at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio.
At the University of Miami School of Medicine's Touch Research Institute, researchers have found that massage is helpful in decreasing blood pressure in people with hypertension, alleviating pain in migraine sufferers and improving alertness and performance in office workers.

In a broad range of studies researchers have found:

Massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, increases endorphins (reducing pain), and stimulates weak, inactive muscles thus, partially compensating for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury.

What Conditions May be Helped by Therapeutic Massage?

An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury.

People with the following conditions have reported that therapeutic massage has lessened or relieved many of their symptoms.

Arthritis ¹
Asthma ²
Carpal tunnel syndrome ³
Chronic and acute pain ⁴
Circulatory problems ⁵
Gastrointestinal disorders (including spastic colon, colic and constipation)
Headache ⁷
Immune function disorders ⁸
Insomnia ⁹
Myofascial pain ¹⁰
Premature infants ¹¹
Reduced range of motion ¹²
Sports injuries ¹³ (including pulled or strained muscles and ligaments)
Stress¹⁴
Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction ¹⁵

Contraindications

Certain forms of cancer
Phlebitis
Some cardiac problems
Some skin conditions
Infectious diseases

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² Field, T., Henteleff, T., Hernandez-Reif, M, Marting, E., Mavunda, K., Kuhn, C., & Schanberg, S. Jrnl. of Ped., 1997.

³ Sheon R.P., Postgrad Med., 1997.

⁴ Weintraub, M. American Journal of Pain Management, 1992.

⁵ Meek, S.S., J. Nurs. Sch., 1993.

⁶ Klauser, A.G., et.al. Z. Gastroenterol, 1992.

⁷ Puustjarvi, K., Airaksinen, O., Pontinen, P.J. Acupunct. Electrother. Res., 1990.

⁸ Ironson, G., et.al. Intl. Jr. Neurosc., 1996.

⁹ Richards, KC., Am J Crit Care, 1998.

¹⁰ Danneskoild-Samsoe, B., et.al. Scand J Rehab Med., 1982.

¹¹ Scafidi, F.A., Field, T., Schanberg, S.M. J. Dev. Behav. Pediatr., 1993.

¹² Crosman, J.L., et.al. Jr. Orthop. & Sports Phys. Th., 1984.

¹³ Goats, G.C. Br. J. Sports Med., 1994.

¹⁴ Field, T., Ironson, G., Scafidi, F., Nawrocki, T., Goncalves, A., Burman, I., Pickens, J., Fox, N., Schanberg, S., & Kuhn, C.
Intl. Jrnl. of Neurosc. ,1996.

¹⁵ Blood, S.D. Jrnl. of Am. Osteop. Assoc., 1986.

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