• Massage May Provide Healing Relief for People with Multiple Sclerosis

    Atlanta, GA, February 02, 2015 Written By Amanda Crowe, MA, MPH Human touch can have a powerful effect on health, and research has found it may even promote healing. In fact, therapeutic massage is known to help relax muscles, enhance range of motion, improve blood flow and reduce stress. Researchers at Shepherd Center are investigating whether routine massage can help improve pain, spasticity and overall quality of life among people with multiple sclerosis (MS). This small study – one of the first to look at how massage might influence these measures in MS – will enroll 25 participants. Individuals will receive standardized massages – for the same amount of time, number of strokes, parts of the body worked on – for [...]