If you think a nice massage is all about being pampered, guess again. It has been found that massage actually provides relief for those individuals suffering from chronic low back pain. Here’s a research study by the Group Health Research Institute which studied the effects of massage. I think you’ll find the results of the study to be very interesting …
Massage Therapy Holds Promise for Low-Back Pain
Massage therapy helped reduce pain and improve function more rapidly than usual medical care in people with chronic low-back pain, according to researchers at Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington in Seattle, the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, and the University of Vermont in Burlington. The purpose of the NCCAM-funded trial—published in the Annals of Internal Medicine—was to compare the short-term and long-term effects of structural massage, relaxation massage, and usual care for people with chronic low-back pain. Back pain is an important health problem that affects millions
of Americans and is the most common medical condition for which people use complementary and alternative medicine practices, such as massage therapy.
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The study concluded that massage is an effective form of therapy for individuals suffering from low back pain. And moreover, the type of massage did not differ in terms of results. That is, the group that received relaxation (i.e., “Swedish”) massage reported significant relief from back pain, as did the group who received structural massage. The control group which received “usual care”, that is, the administration of medication for their low back pain, did not fare as well.
