Massage therapy can be effective in reducing discomfort from low

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, “Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on low back pain, the most common cause of job-related disability and a leading contributor to missed work. Back pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States.”

Research has shown that massage can:

1. decrease low back pain
2. decrease disability associated with low back pain
3. demonstrates decreased pain and disability over time
4. decrease anxiety/depression associated with low back pain