More Hospitals are embracing Massage Therapy

As massage therapy and Jin Shin Jyutsu are gaining more recognition in the medical field, an increasing number of hospitals are looking for qualified massage therapists as savvy health care consumers are requesting massage therapy to deal with certain health conditions.

According to the latest American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) industry facts, almost 10 percent more people received massage for a medical or health reason. Forty-four percent of adult Americans surveyed who had a massage between July 2010 and July 2011, received it for medical or health reasons as compared to 35 percent the previous year. Of the people surveyed who had a least one massage in the last five years, 40 percent reported that they did so for health conditions such as pain management, injury rehabilitation, chronic pain management or overall wellness. As more people–especially baby boomers–request these services, and have the discretionary income to pay for them, hospitals and other health care providers are taking notice and making changes to the services they offer.

As mentioned previously on this blog, Jin Shin Jyutsu is being offered by several of the nation’s top hospitals and facilities such as The Kentucky Markey Center (Lexington, KY),  the Memorial Hospital (Morristown, NJ), the California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco, CA) , and the Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Health Research (Portland, OR) .

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