Massage

Massage works by soothing soft tissue and encouraging relaxation.

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Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Aromatherapy and massage for symptom relief in patients with cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Aromatherapy massage and massage are commonly used complementary therapies, employed in cancer and palliative care to improve quality of life and reduce psychological distress. This review assessed eight trials and found that massage alone and massage w...
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Massage
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Massage has been practiced as a healing tradition in many cultures for thousands of years. Modern studies show that massage can successfully treat a range of disorders, including back pain, anxiety and high blood pressure.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Deep transverse friction massage for treating tendinitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This is a systematic review of two randomised clinical trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of deep transverse friction massage in the treatment of tendinitis. These RCTs showed no benefit of deep transverse friction massage combined with concurrent physiot...
Date:   Aug 2002
Title:   Massage for low-back pain
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Massage was more likely to work when combined with exercises (usually stretching) and education. The amount of benefit was more than that achieved by relaxation, self-care or acupuncture (although it may be less than the relief possible from manipulatio...
Date:   Jan 2002
Title:   Baby massage
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Western civilisation has only recently discovered the gentle art of baby massage, something that other cultures have been practicing for thousands of years.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Baby massage
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   This Parenting in Pictures guide offers tips on how to massage a baby.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Massage for promoting growth and development of preterm and/or low birth-weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In utero, infants are exposed to physical stimulation. This raises the question whether gentle physical massage helps babies born before 37 weeks gestation or weighing less than 2500 grams (5.5 pounds) to develop after birth, and if it can improve their...
Date:   Jan 2004
Title:   Uterine massage for preventing postpartum haemorrhage
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bleeding from the genital tract after childbirth (postpartum haemorrhage) is a major cause of maternal mortality and disability in under-resourced areas with poor access to health services. It is the leading cause of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Af...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Cancer pain management
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The pain of cancer is usually constant. The foundation of pain management is regular medication, including paracetamol, non-opioid (aspirin-like medications and others) and opioid drugs. Relaxation therapies - such as meditation, massage and yoga - may be helpful to relieve pain-related stress.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Interventions (other than pharmacological, psychosocial or psychological) for treating antenatal depression
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is not enough evidence available to determine if maternal massage or depression-specific acupuncture interventions are effective in treating antenatal depression....
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Pain management
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists for longer than three months. At any given time, around one third of Australians are in pain. Management strategies for chronic pain include medications, and therapies such as acupuncture.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Natural therapies
Publisher:   InfraPsych
Description:   Often referred to as 'complementary' or 'alternative' medicine, natural therapy is a popular system of health care used separately to, or in conjunction with, conventional medicine.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Managing stress
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about stress, what it is and what causes it. Lots of practical suggestions are also provided for constructively dealing with stress.
Date:   Aug 2008
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