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The Effects of Shiatsu on Lower Back Pain

Linda H. Brady, R.N., Ph.D.

Drake University

Kathryn Henry, Ph.D., L.M.T., O.B.T.

The Shiatsu Clinic and School

James F. Luth, II, L.M.T., O.B.T., E.M.T.

The Shiatsu Clinic and School

Kimberly K. Casper-Bruett, M.S.N.

Winterset Iowa Community School System

Shiatsu, a specific type of massage, was used as an intervention in this study of 66 individuals complaining of lower back pain. Each individual was measured on state/trait anxiety and pain level before and after four shiatsu treatments. Each subject was then called 2 days following each treatment and asked to quantify the level of pain. Both pain and anxiety decreased significantly over time. Extraneous variables such as gender, age, gender of therapist, length of history with lower back pain, and medications taken for lower back pain did not alter the significant results. These subjects would recommend shiatsu massage for others suffering from lower back pain and indicated the treatments decreased the major inconveniences they experienced with their lower back pain.

Journal of Holistic Nursing, Vol. 19, No. 1, 57-70 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/089801010101900106
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