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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose	# of patients	# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Stiffness/Spasticity	176	45
Fibromyalgia	151	46
Pain	142	36
Muscle pain	107	19
General health	102	17
Other	55	20

See all 132 reasons taken ▼

See all 742 patients currently going to Massage Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe	3
Moderate	13
Mild	40
None	149

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

See all 27 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲
Muscle aches	12	12
Soreness if too firm	9	9
Pain	8	8
Muscle and joint pain	5	5
Muscle soreness	5	5
Pain if too hard	5	5
Fatigue	4	4
Soreness	4	4
Headaches	4	4
Muscle pain	4	4
Stiffness	4	4
Joint tenderness	2	2
Discomfort	2	2
Joints ache	2	2
Hospitalization	2	2
Hospitalization	1	1
Generalized muscle aches	1	1
Chronic pain	1	1
Pain in lower back	1	1
Sleepiness	1	1
LOOSEN MUSCLES	1	1
Increased energy	1	1
Migraine headaches	1	1
Feeling like I was hit by a Mac Truck	1	1
Initial increase in pain	1	1
more pain in my back, shoulders and ribs after deep muscle massage.	1	1
Sore muscles right after treatment	1	1

Reported Schedules

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently going to Massage Therapy. See all 114 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	19	56	34	62	16	90	57	28	68

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Going to Massage Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Expense	99
Other	44
Course of treatment ended	31
Did not seem to work	30
Side effects too severe	13
Change in health plan coverage	12
Doctor's advice	3
Not indicated	2