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What is Massage Therapy?

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

Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
12 100%

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 37 dosages

  0other as needed 1hours as needed 1 hr as needed as needed daily every other week monthly weekly 1 hr monthly 1.5 hours monthly 2 hr monthly 2 monthly 0.5 hours weekly 1 hr every other week 1 other every other week 3 hr monthly 4 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 1 other weekly 1 weekly 1.5 hours weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 0.5 hours daily 4 hr weekly 5 hr weekly 1 hr daily 40 min monthly 60 min monthly 2 hr daily 120 min monthly 60 min every other week 50 min weekly 9 min daily 10 min daily 90 min weekly 60 min daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 26 Number of Patients: 26 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 4 Number of Patients: 4 9 Number of Patients: 9 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
9 50% Expense: 50%
Other
5 28% Other: 28%
Did not seem to work
3 17% Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended
2 11% Course of treatment ended: 11%
Not indicated
1 6% Not indicated: 6%

See all 18 patients who’ve stopped going to Massage Therapy

Currently Going to Massage Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
0
2
13
14
30

Stopped Going to Massage Therapy

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
4
4
5
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
9 75%
Usually
2 17%
Sometimes
1 8%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 8%
Somewhat
1 8%
A little
2 17%
Not at all
8 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 17%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 8%
$25-49
1 8%
< $25
1 8%

Report created on November 21, 2009.