Comparison of the Effect of Sole Reflexology Massage and Stretching Exercises on Pain Severity of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

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The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy on Pain Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: Literature Review

“…These data are in accordance with theoretical studies according to TreatwellUK, (2022) which can be done for 5 minutes and massage can be done for 30 minutes, foot massage is done 1 time a day in the morning with a duration of 20 minutes for 5 consecutive days, according to Muliani et al, (2020) and reflexology itself can be done for 30 minutes to reduce pain by warming the feet done with hands with certain movements, lifting and lowering the feet using both hands and doing backward bending movements, bending the feet, twisting outwards and inwards, as well as some movements on the heels. Stimulation of massage recovery points is carried out with the fingers of the hand using a sweeping motion with a pressure of about 0.5 cm (Sadeghi et al, 2020).…”

“…Although the elderly are susceptible to rheumatoid arthritis, some respondents who have not been included in the elderly have also been affected by rheumatoid arthritis, which is contained in the article Sadeghi et al, (2020) found several respondents under 46 years old. This is due to family history, gender, smoking history and obesity (Cleveland Clinic, 2020).…”

“…Therefore, the authors assume women experience hormonal RA. Although not all respondents are mostly men as in the article (Sadeghi et al, 2020), it is known that most mention the hormone estrogen as the cause of many women affected by rheumatoid arthritis, the hormone that causes autoimmune so that women are easily affected by rheumatoid arthritis 2-3x than men.…”