Recent research found that multiple 60 - minute massages per week were more effective than fewer or shorter sessions for people with chronic neck pain, according to a study published in the Annals
of Family Medicine; another compared the short - and long - term
effects of structural massage (think
therapeutic, deep - tissue treatments), relaxation massage (your general spa variety), and usual care (like meds, ice, and
heat) for chronic low - back - pain sufferers.