Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Massage and MS Patients

Massage Therapy Effective for MS Patients

Massage Therapy has been shown to reduce pain, improve balance, and boost walking sped better than exercise therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis. The results come from a study conducted at the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center in Iran. In addition, the study found that combining massage with exercise therapy resulted in the most pain reduction. The results will be published in the journal Clinical Rehabilitation, in the meantime, the abstract is available at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23828184



Published in Massage and bodywork magazine page 20. 


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