Just five sessions of Swedish massage is enough to improve the symptoms of anxiety, new research finds. Levels of cortisol — known as the stress hormone — were also reduced.
People who took part in the study also saw reduced depression symptoms.
Swedish massage is the type of deep-tissue massage that people are most familiar with.
Professor Mark Hyman Rapaport, the study’s first author, said:
“These finding are significant and if replicated in a larger study will have important ramifications for patients and providers.” The study was carried out on 47 people with generalised anxiety disorder or GAD.
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