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Brand Names: Chinese massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Hot stones & sports massage, Tua Na

What is Massage? Massage is the practice of applying structured pressure, tension, motion or vibration manually or with mechanical aids to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, joints and lymphatic vessels, to achieve a beneficial response. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

104 patients in the community are taking or have taken Massage.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 42 47%
Stiffness/spasticity 24 26%
Other 10 11%
Slow my ALS progress 6 6%
Pain 4 4%
disease-related symptoms 1 1%
Cramps 1 1%
Don't know 1 1%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Massage.

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  0 hr day 0 day 0 hr month 0 hr none 0 hr week 1 hr month 1.5 hr month 2 hr month 2 month 0.5 hr week 3 hr month 4 hr month 1 hr week 1 week 1.5 hr week 2 hr week 3 hr week 0.5 hr day 4 hr week 5 hr week 1 hr day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 9 Number of Patients: 9 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 18 Number of Patients: 18 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Massage or how long patients were taking Massage before stopping.

Currently taking Massage

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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2
5
13
26
15

Stopped taking Massage

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
2
2
2
Why Patients Stopped Taking Massage (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 6 67% Expense: 67%
Did not seem to work 1 11% Did not seem to work: 11%
Other 1 11% Other: 11%
Not indicated 1 11% Not indicated: 11%


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