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What is Chinese massage?

There are at least two types of traditional Chinese massage. Tui Na focusing on pushing, stretching and kneading the muscle. Zhi Ya is similar except it focuses more on pinching and pressing at acupressure points. They are both based off principles from Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 8 1 Efficacy_moderate
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 2 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Increase effect of another treatment 1 0
Headaches 1 0
Don't know 1 1 Efficacy_none

See all 11 patients currently going to Chinese massage

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 1
Mild
 1
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Chinese massage

Bruising of legs 1
Bruising of arms 1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Chinese massage. See all 11 dosages ►

  1 monthly 30 min monthly 1 mg daily 90 min monthly 30 min weekly 45 min weekly 9 hr daily 30 min daily 300 min weekly 270 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Chinese massage (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped going to Chinese massage

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Going to Chinese massage

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Stopped Going to Chinese massage

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Chinese massage

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 33%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Chinese massage

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Chinese massage

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 100%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 11, 2012.