{"id":3646,"date":"2022-08-31T12:27:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2022-08-31T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:35:49","slug":"massage-and-persistent-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2022\/08\/31\/massage-and-persistent-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage and persistent pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Persistent pain is complex. It&#8217;s impossible to claim that one particular approach or therapy is the best way to treat it. However, there is some evidence that massage therapy can be beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"3647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMT-Massage-and-persistent-pain_2.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMT-Massage-and-persistent-pain_2.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMT-Massage-and-persistent-pain_2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, 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You can share it from there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><style>@font-face {font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:\"\"; margin:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:#0563C1; mso-themecolor:hyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; color:#954F72; mso-themecolor:followedhyperlink; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}<\/style>Pain is said to be chronic or persistent if it lasts beyond the normal healing time of about three months<\/li><li>One in five Australians live with persistent pain<\/li><li>Persistent pain is one of the most common reasons that Australians seek massage therapy from a qualified massage therapist<\/li><li>The Kentucky Pain Research and Outcomes Study evaluated massage therapy impacts on pain, disability, and health-related quality of life for primary care patients with chronic low back pain. Participants improved on all outcomes at 12 and 24 weeks post intervention.<\/li><li>A 2016 systematic review published in Pain Medicine found that massage therapy may be beneficial for improving various patient-reported functional outcomes for populations experiencing pain and posited that massage therapy should be offered to patients for pain management.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.painaustralia.org.au\/about-pain\/painaustralia-painful-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pain Australia Painful Facts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2016 AMT patient survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/painmedicine\/article\/18\/7\/1394\/3069964?searchresult=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kentucky Pain Study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/painmedicine\/article\/17\/7\/1353\/2223191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pain populations Systematic Review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enjoy our latest graphical story on massage therapy and persistent pain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,20,174],"tags":[28,598,653,104,10,69,654,758],"class_list":["post-3646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amt","category-research","category-resources","tag-amt","tag-association-of-massage-therapists","tag-chronic-pain","tag-massage","tag-massage-therapy","tag-massage-therapy-research","tag-persistent-pain","tag-ramblingamt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.amt.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/AMT-Massage-and-persistent-pain_1.jpg?fit=283%2C283&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":297,"url":"https:\/\/blog.amt.org.au\/index.php\/2017\/11\/16\/massage-therapy-for-shoulder-pain\/","url_meta":{"origin":3646,"position":0},"title":"Massage Therapy for Shoulder Pain","author":"admin","date":"16\/11\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"How effective is massage for shoulder pain? 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