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Research shows Massage reduces anxiety levels
THE EFFECTS OF MASSAGE ON THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF ACADEMIC
STRESS
JULIA M. ROBINSON
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE
ABSTRACT
Massage is one of the oldest medicines known to man. Stress is a major part
of the academic life.
This study was conducted to find any effects massage may have on academic
stress symptoms of heart rate, respiration and hand temperature. Six
participants were placed in a control group of a ten minute relaxation break and
the experiment of a ten minute massage. Before and after the control and
experiment, participants were given a timed examination to create academic
stress. Data showed there was a significant decrease in pulse after the massage.
INTRODUCTION
The Effects of Massage on the Physical Symptoms
Of Academic Stress
Touch is one of the oldest known medical treatments known in the world. Touch
therapy is described in the Ayer-Veda, the earliest known medical text from
India (around 1800 B.C.), along with diet and exercise as primary healing
practices of the time (Older, 1982). Hippocrates, in 400 B.C., described
medicine as “the art of rubbing.†| |