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Massage Therapy
AutumnBridge Hospice is the only hospice in central Oklahoma with a full-time, certified
massage therapist on staff.
For our patients, massage therapy optimizes comfort care, compliments traditional pain management techniques, and decreases anxiety.
Our massage therapy program also serves as a resource for relieving anxiety and stress for our patients' family members and primary caregivers.
Our Services
Facts on massage therapy:
• A study conducted by The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast found that massage therapy reduces pain by 52%, reduces anxiety by 53%, and improves peacefulness by 52% for hospice patients.
• In a study conducted by the American Massage Therapy Association, 93% of respondents agreed that massage therapy can be effective in reducing pain.
• Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center found that massage therapy reduced cancer patients levels of anxiety 52%, pain 40%, fatigue 41%, depression 31%, and nausea 21%.
• A study conducted by The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast found that massage therapy reduces pain by 52%, reduces anxiety by 53%, and improves peacefulness by 52% for hospice patients.
• In a study conducted by the American Massage Therapy Association, 93% of respondents agreed that massage therapy can be effective in reducing pain.
• Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center found that massage therapy reduced cancer patients levels of anxiety 52%, pain 40%, fatigue 41%, depression 31%, and nausea 21%.