With growing amounts of data showing the benefits of hospital-based massage therapy (HBMT), complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) professionals are recommending increased use of the integrative health practice in hospital settings to treat patients’ postsurgical pain, as well as anxiety, stress and insomnia related to their hospital stay.
Nonpharmacologic and nonopioid pain management solutions are used more frequently for patients with postsurgical pain to understand the