A Summary of Current Massage Therapy Research (January 2025)
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Twenty years ago, there was a limited number of researchers looking at massage therapy. Since 2005 there has been a steady improvement in the quality and quantity of massage therapy research.
A Summary of Current Massage Therapy Research
With over 15 years of clinical experience and extensive study of massage therapy research, I'm committed to creating resources that foster the professional development of massage therapists globally. The following list highlights a substantial body of evidence supporting the use of massage therapy in alleviating pain and enhancing quality of life across a range of health issues, including but not limited to:
Chronic Pain (Busse et al., 2017; Dowell et al., 2022)
Low Back Pain (Chou et al., 2017; Qaseem et al., 2017)
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (Bussières et al., 2021)
Neck Pain (Makin et al., 2024; Reynolds et al., 2025)
Headaches and Migraines (Busse et al., 2017; Côté et al., 2019; Jung et al., 2024)
Temporomandibular Disorders (Arribas-Pascual et al., 2023; Busse et al., 2023)
Shoulder Pain (Lafrance et al., 2022)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Du et al., 2022; Jiménez-Del-Barrio et al., 2022)
Lateral Epicondylitis (Lucado et al., 2022)
Arthritis (Nelson et al., 2017)
Knee Pain (Neal et al., 2024; Zhu et al., 2024)
Plantar Heel Pain (Fraser et al., 2018; Koc et al., 2023)
Achilles Tendinopathy (Chimenti et al., 2024; Ko et al., 2023)
Ankle Injuries (Hu et al., 2025; Ruiz-Sánchez et al., 2022, Yang et al., 2025)
Surgical Pain Population (Dowell et al., 2022; Liu et al., 2022)
Symptom Burden of Critically Ill Adults (Thrane et al., 2019)
Cancer-Related Fatigue (Long et al., 2024)
Cancer-Related Pain (Mao et al., 2022)
Postoperative Pain and Anxiety in Patients with Breast Cancer (Cole et al., 2024)
Fibromyalgia (Kundakci et al., 2022)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (England et al., 2023)
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (Davis et al., 2020)
Postpartum Maternal Sleep (Owais et al., 2018)
Pain Management in Labor (Smith et al., 2018)
Antenatal Anxiety and Depression (Hall et al., 2020; Smith et al., 2019)
Postburn Pruritus (Sinha et al., 2024)
Pain and Anxiety in People with Burns (Barnes et al., 2024; Lin et al., 2023; Miri et al., 2023)
Palliative Care (Armstrong et al., 2019; Mao et al., 2022)
Anxiety in Long-Term Care (Atchison et al., 2022)
Reducing Symptoms of Depression in People with Dementia (Watt et al., 2021)
Dementia (behavioral & psychological symptoms) (Leng et al., 2020; Margenfeld et al., 2019; Watt et al., 2019)
Parkinson's Disease (motor and non-motor symptoms) (Angelopoulou et al., 2020; Kang et al., 2022; Qureshi et al., 2021)
Multiple Sclerosis (Heidari et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2022)
Motor Difficulties in Neurodivergent Individuals (Short et al., 2025)
Depending on the person’s needs and goals massage therapists are able to incorporate a number of rehabilitation strategies based on patient-specific assessment findings.
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