A Deeper Understanding of Pain
Explore the processes involved with the experience of pain to expand your abilities to treat the pain of your clients. Through scientific advancements, treatments for managing pain will increase.
Massage Therapy for Pain Relief: Research and CE
September 16, 2025
September is National Pain Awareness Month! Research shows that massage therapy can be an important part of an integrative, non-pharmacological approach to pain relief.
To raise awareness this month and spread the benefits of massage, we’re sharing a variety of resources that highlight how massage supports health and well-being while reducing reliance on prescription treatments such as opioids. Explore our current CE bundle, review the latest research, and find resources you can share directly with your clients.
Massage for Pain CE Bundle
$76 members / $136 non-members 6 CE credits
To celebrate National Pain Awareness Month, AMTA is offering a bundle on two pain-focused CE courses. Learn more about the courses below and don’t miss out on this deal—available through September 30!
Chronic Pain: Relief with Massage Therapy
Discover the principles of working with clients experiencing chronic pain and learn about current science and strategies for pain relief that you can incorporate into your practice.
The Rise of Massage Therapy in Pain Management
Chronic pain affects more than 50.2 million Americans every day, with 1 in 5 adults aged 18 years or older experiencing limitations in daily functioning and productivity. This Massage Therapy Journal article provides a detailed overview of approaches to pain relief and the advent of massage therapy as an effective, integrative option. Discover the important role research plays in reframing the pain management conversation and what massage therapists can do to continue elevating the profession.
AMTA’s Massage for Pain Resource Page
AMTA is a champion of the massage profession as a vital approach to pain relief. This comprehensive resource page highlights AMTA’s efforts to advocate for massage as an effective, non-pharmacological treatment for chronic and acute pain relief, massage therapy’s role in holistic, integrative healthcare, recent research that elevates massage’s role in pain relief, and ways that massage therapists can continue to support and benefit from these efforts.
Massage for Pain Research
Opioids are often prescribed as the first solution to pain relief, but decades of research show that massage therapy can be an effective treatment for chronic pain. Explore research that highlights massage as an important, non-pharmacological option for pain relief.
Chronic pain affects millions of individuals daily, and research continues to show the therapeutic benefits of massage for pain relief. As a non-pharmacological treatment, massage therapy is helping to decrease opioid use while increasing health and wellness. In celebration of Pain Awareness Month, share these resources with your colleagues, clients, and community members!
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