A Summary of Massage Therapy Research (January 2024)

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A Summary of Massage Therapy Research (January 2024)

Massage therapy is a clinically-oriented healthcare option that is used alongside standard medical care to help manage a number of symptoms. This post highlights systematic reviews and meta-analyses that support the use of massage therapy. Based on these systematic reviews massage therapy has a growing body of evidence supporting its effectiveness in reducing pain and improving health-related quality of life in a variety of health conditions and rehabilitation.

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Does Massage Therapy Work?

/ Richard Lebert, RMT/
Does Massage Therapy Work?

Massage therapy should no longer be considered a luxury, it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention supported by current best practice guidelines from the Canadian Medical Association and the American Medical Association.

Now is the time to work with our respective associations to integrate the latest research evidence into our practice

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Open Access Case Reports for Massage Therapists

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Open Access Case Reports for Massage Therapists

If you are a massage therapist who is interested in reading massage therapy research, PubMed is a great resource but most massage therapists do not have academic access to journals. 

This is not the only barriers to entry, sorting through the data is like drinking from a fire-hose, if you search Massage therapy on PubMed you will get nearly 14,000 returns. If you are looking to learn more about massage therapy research I have put together a list of open access case reports.

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Best of 2018: Free Research Articles

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Best of 2018: Free Research Articles

If you don't feel like sorting through a research database, here is a list of ten open access research articles about pain science, massage therapy and sports injuries.

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Setting The Groundwork for Evidence-Based Massage: 10 Influential Researchers

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Setting The Groundwork for Evidence-Based Massage: 10 Influential Researchers

This list of ten influential researchers will help to set the groundwork for an evidence based approach.

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A List of Systematic Reviews of Massage Therapy

/ Richard Lebert, RMT/
A List of Systematic Reviews of Massage Therapy

Massage therapy is a clinically-oriented healthcare option, that is increasingly being used alongside standard medical care to help manage a number of symptoms. In this post I wanted to highlight a number of systematic reviews that support the use of massage therapy.

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