Well designed studies have documented the benefits of massage therapy for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, acute and chronic inflammation
The usefulness of Russian and other forms of massage therapy is acknowledged by most medical professionals, some of whom have undertaken massage training themselves.
applications of cell therapy in the United States are still in the research, experimental, and clinical trial stages.
The benefits of color therapy have not been researched extensively and it is still considered a fringe therapy by the allopathic medical community.
Although only one controlled trial of reflexology therapy, done in 1993, has been documented in medical journals, this therapy is practiced worldwide
There is a growing amount of mainstream scientific research documenting the effectiveness of Rolf therapy.
Since the late 1950s, hundreds of studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of magnetic therapy.
A wide body of literature supports the use of art therapy in a mental health capacity.
More than 40 scientific papers have been published that document the various effects of craniosacral therapy. There are also 10 authoritative textbooks on this therapy.
The current research in this country is being done by a number of people and institutions. Among them are Tiffany Field and Maria Thillet, both in Florida. Please check the websites below.
Knowledge of therapeutic benefits comes from anecdotal evidence rather than research in the Western scientific mode.
Skeptics argue that there are no scientific studies documenting the benefits of aura therapy or the existence of a human biofield.
Massage therapy does not make breasts bigger.