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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
1 5%
Mild
3 14%
None
18 82%

Most commonly reported side effects

Soreness if too firm
2 9%
Muscle soreness
2 9%
Stiffness
1 5%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 46 dosages ►

  15minutes as needed 1hours as needed 1 hr as needed 1other as needed 30minutes as needed 60hours as needed 60 min as needed 60minutes as needed 90minutes as needed as needed daily monthly 1 hr yearly 1 hr monthly 1 monthly 0.25 hours weekly 1.5 hours monthly 2 hr monthly 1 hr every other week 3 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 2 hr every other week 0.25 hours daily 2 hr weekly 180 min yearly 1 240 min yearly 30 min monthly 1 hr daily 60 min monthly 2 hr daily 30 min every other week 90 min monthly 100 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 60 min every other week 140 min monthly 5 min daily 45 min weekly 60 min weekly 75 min weekly 90 min weekly 120 min weekly 60 min daily 60 min one time
  1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 12 Number of Patients: 12 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 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 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 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 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
14 56% Expense: 56%
Other
4 16% Other: 16%
Course of treatment ended
3 12% Course of treatment ended: 12%
Did not seem to work
2 8% Did not seem to work: 8%
Side effects too severe
2 8% Side effects too severe: 8%
Doctor's advice
1 4% Doctor's advice: 4%

See all 23 patients who’ve stopped going to Massage Therapy

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

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
2
3
12
19
28

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
2
4
6
5
6

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
9 41%
Usually
8 36%
Sometimes
5 23%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 9%
Somewhat
2 9%
A little
4 18%
Not at all
14 64%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
3 14%
$100-199
5 23%
$50-99
4 18%
$25-49
1 5%
< $25
2 9%

Report created on November 20, 2009.