Getting a massage may ease some of your body pains. While massage therapy may not be the most effective way to manage pain, researchers found that it was better than no treatment at all. “Massage manipulates soft tissue to alleviate pain, and some people believe the relaxation tied to the therapy may help other aspects of the person’s health like psychology…For the new study, the researchers searched databases of medical studies to find those…[that] tested massage for muscle and bone pain, headaches, deep internal pain, chronic pain like fibromyalgia and spinal cord pain. Three of four studies involving a total of 245 people with muscle and bone pain showed that compared to no therapy, massage had a very large effect on pain, the researchers found. The group was able to make a strong recommendation for massage therapy, compared to no treatment.” Researchers recommended massage as a supplement to other pain management treatments for the best results.