Category Archives: Massage research

More Hospitals are embracing Massage Therapy

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Feel Integrated

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 … Continue reading →

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Massage Reduces Stress, Anxiety, While At The Same Time Increasing Accuracy and Speed in Math Computations

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Feel Integrated

Chair massage is particularly suited for corporate events, at your office, for employee wellness programs, and so forth. Contact me to schedule chair massage for your organization! This study utilized chair massage, thereby proving the point that getting regular massage … Continue reading →

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New Study On How Massage Heals Sore Muscles

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Feel Integrated

Massage therapy is commonly used during physical rehabilitation of skeletal muscle to ameliorate pain and promote recovery from injury. Although there is evidence that massage may relieve pain in injured muscle, how massage affects cellular function remains unknown. However, the … Continue reading →

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Post-Exercise Massages Work: New Research Proves Connection

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Feel Integrated

And yet another recent articler about the benefits of massage, this time from the Huffington Post: A new study published in Science Translational Medicine found that a short, 10-minute Swedish-style massage session can reduce inflammation, which can help your muscles … Continue reading →

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Massage therapy has a wide variety of tangible health benefits

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Feel Integrated

This recent article in the WSJ  cites research which over the past couple of years has found that massage therapy boosts immune function, helps with back pain, as well as a variety of other tangible health benefits: A 10-minute massage … Continue reading →

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How massage heals sore muscles

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Feel Integrated

Despite the fact that the writer chose to use the outdated and slightly offensive term “masseur,” this is a very informative article. According to this recent article from the Well section of the NYTimes, researchers found that massage reduced the production … Continue reading →

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Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Feel Integrated

In this article in the New York Times’ Vital Signs column, researchers found that volunteers who received Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin, a hormone that … Continue reading →

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Got low back pain? Massage therapy may rub it out

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Feel Integrated

A study in the July 5 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine shows that massage is an effective treatment for lower back pain. In some cases, researchers report, the benefits of massage lasted for six months or longer. “Ten … Continue reading →

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Study of massage effectiveness by the AAMT

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Feel Integrated

Here is the link to a report of a study of massage effectiveness conducted by the Australian Association of Massage Therapists & RMIT University. Some highlights: “Positive outcomes reported following massage therapy include pain reduction, better quality of life, improved … Continue reading →

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“Why Massage’s Reduction of Anxiety Is So Important”

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Feel Integrated

Link to an article by Nicole Cutler, L.Ac. Based on the premise that massage reduces anxiety, a collection of emerging research suggests that massage therapists are needed to work side-by-side with cardiologists, pulmonologists and gastroenterologists. With references cited at the … Continue reading →

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