Low-Back Pain Sufferers: Massage Therapy Can Help!

Low-Back Pain Sufferers: Massage Therapy Can Help!

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on low-back pain, the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work.1

Massage is Effective for Low-Back Pain.

More and more research shows that massage therapy can be effective for low-back pain, including this recent study published in the Scientific World Journal:

Researchers concluded massage had a positive effect on patients with chronic low-back pain and propose that the use of massage causes fast therapeutic results and that, in practice, it could help reduce the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of chronic low-back pain. Read more »

More on Massage Therapy & Low-Back Pain

  1. AMTA Position Statement: Massage Therapy Can be Effective for Low-Back Pain
  2. Research Roundup: Massage is Good Medicine
  3. Massage More Effective Than Usual Care for Chronic Low-Back Pain