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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
3 10%
Mild
10 33%
None
17 57%

Most commonly reported side effects

Muscle soreness
5 17%
next day pain
5 17%
Soreness if too firm
4 13%
If too hard can cause pain
3 10%
Muscle Pain
2 7%
Stiffness
1 3%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 52 dosages

  0.05hours as needed 0.5hours as needed 0minutes as needed 0other as needed 10minutes as needed 15minutes as needed 1hours as needed 1 hr as needed 1other as needed 30minutes as needed 5hours as needed 60minutes as needed every other week monthly Multiple doses weekly 1 hr yearly 4 other yearly 1 hr monthly 1.5 hours monthly 2 hr monthly 0.5 hours weekly 1 hr every other week 1.5 hours every other week 1 hr weekly 1 other weekly 2 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 180 min yearly 300 min yearly 360 min yearly 30 min monthly 1 hr daily 60 min monthly 2 hr daily 15 min weekly 30 min every other week 75 min monthly 20 min weekly 90 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 60 min every other week 180 min monthly 50 min weekly 60 min weekly 15 min daily 120 min weekly 20 min daily 25 min daily 30 min daily 240 min weekly
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 15 Number of Patients: 15 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 18 Number of Patients: 18 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 3 Number of Patients: 3 16 Number of Patients: 16 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 11 Number of Patients: 11 6 Number of Patients: 6 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 7 Number of Patients: 7 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
20 63% Expense: 63%
Course of treatment ended
7 22% Course of treatment ended: 22%
Did not seem to work
5 16% Did not seem to work: 16%
Side effects too severe
3 9% Side effects too severe: 9%
Other
2 6% Other: 6%

See all 30 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
3
4
36
10
39

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
4
5
7
7
7

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
12 40%
Usually
6 20%
Sometimes
12 40%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 7%
Somewhat
7 23%
A little
13 43%
Not at all
8 27%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 7%
$100-199
5 17%
$50-99
10 33%
$25-49
3 10%
< $25
2 7%

Report created on November 21, 2009.