Massage results for the treatment of migraine in the scriptures traditional massage according to suansunandhapalace tradition

Abstract

Massage is sciences and arts that inherited from the ancient time. It is useful for relieving and curing symptoms or diseases. Lom-Pa-Kang is one type of wind element disorder similar to migraine. This study we used royal court massage following Saun Su Nan Tha palace principle to treat Lom-Pa-Kang every other day. Subjects were divided to two group (10 participants for group 1 and 22 participants for group 2). The aims of this study was comparing the effect of time and interval of massaging. This semi-experimental study used pain scale, Tissue Hardness meter for evaluation the muscle tension and Algometer for muscle pain endurance testing as data collection. Two group Pretest-Posttest Design for statistical analysis.

The result shown group 1 ,which massaged 3 times per day for three days, pain scale and muscle tension were significantly decreased after treatment (P value = 0.01), pain endurance was increased after treatment(P value = 0.001). In first, fifth and ninth time of massage were statistical differences in both before and after treatment( P value = 0.001). In group 2, which massaged 1 time per day for three days, result shown no difference in pain scale before and after treatment, muscle tension was decreased in first and second time of treatment (P value = 0.001). Pain endurance was also increased in first and second time(P value = 0.001) but not increased in third time. In first, second and third time before treatment were no differences (P value = 0.05) but statistical differences after treatment (P value = 0.001). In both group most satisfied in Suan Su Nun Tha royal court massage (x̄ =4.91 S.D. = 0.17) and (x̄ =4.81 S.D. = 0.23)