Like other integrative healthcare providers, massage therapists are experiencing fresh challenges in 2020. Starting a new practice or returning to your practice after a long break due to COVID-19 issues can feel daunting. Happily,...
A November 15, 2019 article in ‘Scolio Smart Clinics’ by Clayton Stitzel DC, describes benefits of massage therapy for treatment of scoliosis. Benefits from massage include temporary pain relief, heightened body awareness (which may...
If you are a massage therapists and you weren't able to attend the International Massage Therapy Research Conference (MTRC) last year in Virginia, you now have access recordings of the presentations and can receive...
The CHP Group is committed to improving the care delivered to patients by our network providers. One approach to achieving this goal is accomplished by integrating Clinical Quality Improvement Initiatives (CQII) throughout our organization...
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH), reported a December 2018 randomized clinical trial of eight weekly treatments (lasting 60 minutes each), then randomly assigned 60 minute-massage every two weeks up to...
A 2018 research article published by the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork highlighted massage to improve upper extremity mobility and decrease pain following breast cancer surgery. The study included 21 female subjects...
According to a recent Gallup-Palmer College poll, patients with neck and back pain in the US who saw healthcare professionals in the last 12 months were most likely to seek care from a medical...
Approximately 40 million Americans experience severe pain annually, costing more than $14 billion in out-of-pocket expenses. A MEDLINE database search was done for randomized, controlled clinical trials published from 1966 to 2016 and conducted...
Patients were randomly allocated to standard care plus either two 20-minute hand massages (experimental), two 20-minute hand holdings (active control), or two 20-minute rest periods (passive control/standard care). Pain intensity, pain unpleasantness, anxiety, muscle...