Massage Facts

General Information • Cancer • Chronic Pain • Corporate Health
Fibromyalgia • Headaches & Migraines • Low Back Pain
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Massage therapy for health purposes: What you need to know. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

Body massage: The healing touch. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Frequently asked questions about massage therapy. Massage.ca.

Introduction to massage. Massagetherapy.com.

Massage by National Standard and the faculty of Harvard Medical School. Aetna InteliHealth.

Massage Therapy 101 - online guide to massage therapy.

MT: Quick user guide for massage therapy by Bruria Ginton, LicMT. MTWC.com.

The Magic of Massage Therapy. Everyday Health.

What does the research say about massage therapy? Center for Spirituality & Healing, Univesity of Minnesota.

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About herbs, botanicals & other products: massage therapy. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

"Massage benefits for cancer" by Sara Altshul. Prevention.com.

Massage reduces cancer patients’ pain, anxiety. Massage Magazine.

"Massage therapy for symptom control: outcome study at a major cancer center" by B.R. Cassileth and A.J. Vickers. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management September 2004.

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"Massage therapy and pain management" by Brenda L. Griffith. Practical Pain Management, January/February 2003.

Research roundup: massage for pain management. AMTA.

Hospitals embrace massage. AMTA.

Massage for low-back pain by A.D. Furlan, L. Brosseau, M. Imamura, and E. Irvin. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3.

"Shiatsu, Swedish Muscle Massage, and Trigger Point Suppression in Spinal Pain Syndrome" by Michael I. Weintraub, MD, FACP. American Journal of Pain Management 1992.

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A brief history of chair massage. Positive Health.

"Chair massage keeps illnesses down, productivity up" by Leah Carlson. Employee Benefit News May 2004.

"Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations" by T. Field et al. International Journal of Neuroscience September 1996.

Replacing Excedrin with corporate massage. MetroActive.

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"Connective tissue massage in the treatment of fibromyalgia" by G. Brattberg. European Journal of Pain June 1999.

Shiatsu improves fibromyalgia symptoms. Massage Magazine.

Can massage ease fibromyalgia pain?. WebMD.

Easing the constant pain. AMTA.

Treatments for fibromyalgia: massage therapy. Fibromyalgia-Symptoms.org.

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Massage for migraines: an introduction. Migraine.com.

Massage for Headaches and Migraines by Ben Crabtree, RMT, CNMT.

Massage for migraine. Bindependent.com.

"Massage therapy: a natural aid to headache treatment." Excedrin Headache Resource Center.

"Massaging migraines away." From Migraines for Dummies, Wiley Publishing Inc., 2003.

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In the news: Massage and low back pain. Group Health Research Institute.

Massage more effective than usual care for chronic low-back pain. American Massage Therapy Association.

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American Massage Therapy Association—Information, research, and links regarding massage, methods and techniques, alternative and holistic care and general information related to massage therapy.

Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards—Information about massage therapy training and requirements by state.

Massage Therapy Foundation—Information on massage therapy, including a database of current research.

National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork—Information about the National Certification Board, including a consumers' guide and a directory of NCBTMB-certified massage therapists.

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