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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
Stiffness/Spasticity 30 8
Treat Parkinson's 20 4
General health 9 2
Other 4 1
Mobility 4 1
Pain, shoulder 3 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
2 14%
None
12 86%

Schedules

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 23 dosages ►

  1hours as needed 1 hr as needed as needed monthly 6 hr yearly 1 hr monthly 0.5 hr every other week 1.5 hours monthly 0.75 hours every other week 0.5 hours weekly 1 hr every other week 1.25 hours every other week 3 hr monthly 1 hr weekly 2 hr every other week 1.3 hr weekly 60 min monthly 120 min monthly 30 min weekly 60 min every other week 180 min monthly 60 min weekly 360 min monthly
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 1 Number of Patients: 1 13 Number of Patients: 13 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Expense
5 50% Expense: 50%
Other
5 50% Other: 50%
Did not seem to work
1 10% Did not seem to work: 10%

See all 10 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
0
0
1
3
17
23

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
0
3
3
2
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
4 29%
Usually
4 29%
Sometimes
6 43%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
5 36%
A little
3 21%
Not at all
6 43%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
3 21%
$100-199
3 21%
$50-99
5 36%
$25-49
1 7%
< $25
0 0%

Report created on November 21, 2009.