Massage Therapy as a Workplace Intervention for Reduction of Stress

Effects of Adjunctive Swedish Massage and Vibration Therapy on Short-Term Postoperative Outcomes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

“…78 Conclusions: Gentle Swedish massage applied postoperatively may have minor effects on short-term sensory pain, affective pain, and distress among women undergoing an abdominal laparotomy for removal of suspected malignant lesions. al., 2000;Good, 1996;Manyande et al, 1995;Taenzer et al, 1986). The majority of medical patients report increased physical relaxation and well-being after massage (Labyak and Metzger, 1997;Richards et al, 2000), and both immediate and longer term stress-mitigating effects have frequently been reported in the massage literature (Cady and Jones, 1997;Field, 1998). Studies indicate, albeit somewhat inconsistently, that various types of massage can reduce heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, blood glucose, and adrenal hormones (Ahles et al, 1999;Cady and Jones, 1997;Field et al, 1997;Lund et al, 1999).…”

The effect of aromatherapy massage with music on the stress and anxiety levels of emergency nurses

“…Another North American study 17 examined the effect of massage on physiological indicators of stress. Fifty-two government employees were involved in the study and their systolic and diastolic blood pressure was measured before and after an on-site, 15 min chair massage.…”

Influence of classic massage on blood pressure and pulse in 21-26 year olds

“…Kolejne badania, potwierdzające skuteczność masażu klasycznego w obniżaniu nadciśnienia tętniczego, przeprowadzili Cady i Jones [7]. Dokonywali oni oceny wpływu 15-minutowego masażu grzbietu wykonywanego w miejscu pracy na redukcję stresu, którą oceniano na podstawie zmian ciśnienia tętniczego krwi.…”

“…The consecutive examinations confi rming the positive infl uence of the classic massage on decreasing the hypertension were carried out by Cady and Jones [7]. They evaluated the infl uence of a 15-minut-long back massage performed at work on stress reduction on the basis of changes of the blood pressure.…”