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Benefits of Massage Therapy
1. Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing Thailand Tsunami Surveys - Summary of Results From the Foundation for Human Enrichment
Somatic Experiencing Treatment with Social Service Workers Following
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
2. The Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami
Research on Massage Therapy
3. BodyMind Research/Articles
Trauma in the Mind and Pain in the Body, Mind-Body Interactions in Psychogenic Pain
A Mind-Body Approach to Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment
On Emotion in Therapy
Body Language by Thomas Myers
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From our home page: Cortisol decreases and serotonin and dopamine increase following massage therapy.
Author information Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA Field T1, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Schanberg S, Kuhn C.
Abstract: In this article the positive effects of massage therapy on biochemistry are reviewed including decreased levels of cortisol and increased levels of serotonin and dopamine. The research reviewed includes studies on depression (including sex abuse and eating disorder studies), pain syndrome studies, research on auto-immune conditions (including asthma and chronic fatigue), immune studies (including HIV and breast cancer), and studies on the reduction of stress on the job, the stress of aging, and pregnancy stress. In studies in which cortisol was assayed either in saliva or in urine, significant decreases were noted in cortisol levels (averaging decreases 31%). In studies in which the activating neurotransmitters (serotonin and dopamine) were assayed in urine, an average increase of 28% was noted for serotonin and an average increase of 31% was noted for dopamine. These studies combined suggest the stress-alleviating effects (decreased cortisol) and the activating effects (increased serotonin and dopamine) of massage therapy on a variety of medical conditions and stressful experiences.
Author information Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA Field T1, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Schanberg S, Kuhn C.
Abstract: In this article the positive effects of massage therapy on biochemistry are reviewed including decreased levels of cortisol and increased levels of serotonin and dopamine. The research reviewed includes studies on depression (including sex abuse and eating disorder studies), pain syndrome studies, research on auto-immune conditions (including asthma and chronic fatigue), immune studies (including HIV and breast cancer), and studies on the reduction of stress on the job, the stress of aging, and pregnancy stress. In studies in which cortisol was assayed either in saliva or in urine, significant decreases were noted in cortisol levels (averaging decreases 31%). In studies in which the activating neurotransmitters (serotonin and dopamine) were assayed in urine, an average increase of 28% was noted for serotonin and an average increase of 31% was noted for dopamine. These studies combined suggest the stress-alleviating effects (decreased cortisol) and the activating effects (increased serotonin and dopamine) of massage therapy on a variety of medical conditions and stressful experiences.
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