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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

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Stiffness/Spasticity 162 43 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Fibromyalgia 137 41 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Pain 123 32 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Muscle pain 106 19 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
General health 102 17 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 55 20 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 710 patients currently going to Massage Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 13
Mild
 39
None
 142

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Massage Therapy

Muscle aches 12
Soreness if too firm 9
Pain 8
Muscle soreness 5
Pain if too hard 5
Stiffness 4
See all 24 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 110 dosages ►

  1hours as needed weekly 1 hr monthly 1 hr every other week 1 hr weekly 2 hr weekly 60 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 60 min weekly
  34 Number of Patients: 34 19 Number of Patients: 19 56 Number of Patients: 56 34 Number of Patients: 34 62 Number of Patients: 62 16 Number of Patients: 16 81 Number of Patients: 81 51 Number of Patients: 51 29 Number of Patients: 29 67 Number of Patients: 67  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense 96   Expense: 51%
Other 42   Other: 22%
Course of treatment ended 31   Course of treatment ended: 16%
Did not seem to work 28   Did not seem to work: 15%
Side effects too severe 12   Side effects too severe: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 11   Change in health plan coverage: 6%
Doctor's advice 3   Doctor's advice: 2%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 1%

See all 182 patients who’ve stopped going to Massage Therapy

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

Currently Going to Massage Therapy

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

Stopped Going to Massage Therapy

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Massage Therapy

Always
 103 53%
Usually
 49 25%
Sometimes
 38 19%
Never
 6 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Massage Therapy

Very
 15 8%
Somewhat
 34 17%
A little
 62 32%
Not at all
 85 43%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Massage Therapy

$200+
 43 28%
$100-199
 41 26%
$50-99
 40 26%
$25-49
 10 6%
< $25
 17 11%

Report created on February 10, 2012.