Sally Larkins - Remedial Massage Therapist

17/07/2024

The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is sharing recent research on how massage therapy can provide benefits from infancy through end of life. Across all ages, massage therapy can be a therapeutic approach to enhancing physical and emotional well-being. Explore the latest studies on how ma...

22/03/2023

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22/03/2023

12/08/2022

A survey of members by Massage & Myotherapy Australia found that a large majority of therapists spent 25% of their massage service time on motor accident and rehabilitation, sports injury management and rehabilitation, repetitive strain and rehabilitation, and other acute injuries or pain.

✅ Massage is used extensively in sports and rehabilitation as a non-pharmaceutical pain relief, and to assist in mobility and injury recovery.

👉 Click on the link to refer to our Fact Sheet #3 on "Injury, Rehabilitation and Recovery" and learn more about remedial massage therapy in injury recovery - https://bit.ly/3itQ6p9.

19/07/2022

Massage therapy has been shown to aid in the treatment of acute pain and prevention and management of chronic pain.

✅ An emerging body of evidence supports the effectiveness of massage therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Effective management of pain in acute care settings is vital in preventing the transition to a costly chronic state, which has negative outcomes for patients and healthcare systems!

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09/07/2022

Massage therapy and myotherapy are associated with reductions in pain and depression that is often present as comorbidities in patients who experience long-term chronic pain.

The integration of massage therapy into patient care has been shown to help prevent the transition from acute to chronic pain.

✅ An emerging body of evidence supports the effectiveness of massage therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain, post-surgical pain, acute pain and is a recommended pain management response.

👉 Learn more about Massage Therapy & Pain Management from Fact Sheet #5 in our Knowledge Centre - https://bit.ly/3LJBKNZ.

23/06/2022

Many people believe that massage during pregnancy is not safe, particularly in the early or late stages of pregnancy. This is not correct. Anecdotal and clinical evidence show that massage is safe during pregnancy when administered by a trained professional. It provides pain relief, relaxation, and has a positive effect for baby and mother during birth.

✅Massage can help to overcome physical and mental barriers to exercise
✅Helps in reducing perineal trauma
✅Shown to reduce premature birth and low birthweight
✅Effectively reduces lower back pain while also reducing anxiety, depression and cortisol levels throughout the pregnant and post-partum periods
✅Viable non-pharmacological treatment option

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14/06/2022

The Ottawa guidelines indicate that massage therapy is effective at providing pain relief and improving functional status in lower back pain as well as in providing short term improvement of sub-acute and chronic lower back pain symptoms and decreased disability immediately post treatment.

✅ Studies have found massage to be effective for persistent back pain and preliminary evidence suggests that massage may reduce the cost of care after an initial course of treatment.

👉 An RCT of 262 patients aged 20 to 70 with persistent back pain showed massage to provide long-lasting benefits, reduce medication use and lower the cost of subsequent care.

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01/06/2022

Contrary to what many people believe, anecdotal and clinical evidence show that massage is safe during and after pregnancy when administered by a trained professional.

✅ Anxiety, depression and lower back pain are common during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Non-pharmacologic treatments for these mental health symptoms are critically important during these periods. As a secondary effect to these improvements, massage has also been shown to reduce premature birth and low birthweight!

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19/05/2022

Massage therapy can play a role in effective management of stress, depression, and anxiety. One in five people will experience mental ill health in any year and one in eight visits to a General Practitioner are related to mental health.

✅ Massage therapy has been shown to significantly reduce psychological stress levels, as well as alleviate the symptoms of depression and anxiety. It has also been shown to improve emotional well-being, relaxation, vitality and quality of sleep!

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