(compiled from the American Massage Therapy Association’s website)
A study conducted by Beth Israel-Deaconess Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education and the Center for Health Studies in Seattle concluded that therapeutic massage was an effective treatment for providing long-lasting benefits for patients suffering from chronic low back pain.
54 percent of primary care physicians and family practitioners would encourage their patients to pursue massage therapy as a treatment.
A consumer survey shows that consumers seek massage for health and medical reasons (60 percent) more than for sheer indulgence (6 percent).
Twenty-one percent of Americans continue to say that the primary reason they don’t get a regular massage is that they are too busy.
