Research on Massage Therapy and Post Traumatic Stress

Alleviating Post-traumatic Stress in Children Following Hurricane Andrew Field T, Seligman S, Schanberg S.
Journal of Applied Developmental psychology 17(1):37-50, 1996 January-March

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Sixty grade-school children who showed classroom behaviour problems following Hurricane Andrew were given massage therapy on 8 days, one month after the hurricane. Scores on the PTSD Reaction Index suggest that the children were experiencing post-traumatic stress.

As compared to a video attention control group. The children who received massage therapy reported being happier and less anxious and had lower salivary cortisol levels after the therapy. In addition, the massage therapy group showed more sustained changes as manifested by lower scores on the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and self-drawings and were observed to be more relaxed. These positive effects were promising given the persistence of PTSD symptoms noted for children who have not received intervention following disasters such as hurricanes. (Note: the control group also received physical contact).

Discussion of survey results concludes that massage could be a cost-effective treatment for Post-traumatic stress disorder, as compared to psychotherapy and pharmacological treatments, if it could be taught to parents.