Addiction to opiates is a growing problem in the United States and Canada. Pain relief therapies, such as massage therapy, can be viable alternatives to the prescription pain medicines that often ...

Low back pain is second only to cold symptoms when it comes to complaints that send people to the doctor. Sooner or later, back pain seems to get most of us. Now, a study in the July 5 issue of the ...

Previous reviews of massage therapy for chronic, non-malignant pain have focused on discrete pain conditions. This article aims to provide a broad overview of the literature on the effectiveness of ...

Tampa (BLOOM) – Massage therapy has been practiced for thousands of years as a means of healing and relaxation. In recent times, there has been a growing interest in understanding the scientific basis ...

The existing literature provides varying levels of support for the effectiveness of massage therapy for chronic pain. The most abundant and rigorous evidence was found for the effects of massage on ...

You may think that getting a massage is a self-indulgent practice — or a luxury — but it can actually deliver a whole host of health benefits. Massage therapy involves manipulating the soft tissues of ...

For the treatment of pain, Americans rate massage as highly as medications, a new survey shows. Conducted by an independent research firm, the annual survey is the ninth commissioned by the American ...