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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

Reasons gone to & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons gone to # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Muscle tension 15 2
Back pain 8 0
Other 7 2
Anxiety 6 2
Muscle Pain 6 1
General health 3 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
5 100%

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 20 dosages

  1hours as needed 1 hr as needed 30minutes as needed daily weekly 1 hr yearly 1 hr monthly 1.5 hours monthly 1 hr every other week 4 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 3 hr weekly 15 min monthly 20 hr monthly 1 hr one time 45 min monthly 60 min monthly 120 min monthly 90 min every other week 60 min weekly
  4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 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 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 3 Number of Patients: 3  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
2 67% Expense: 67%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 2 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
0
0
0
6
1
8

Stopped 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
0
0
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
5 100%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 20%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 20%
Not at all
3 60%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
2 40%
$100-199
2 40%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 21, 2009.