Massage Service Integration in a Military Primary Care Clinic: Implementation and Impact Study

Acute and chronic pain carry grave economic, operational, and personal consequences within the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Administration (VA). Both the DoD and VA populations have significantly higher prevalence of chronic pain compared to civilian populations. As a result, the opioid epidemic witnessed in the civilian population is mirrored in the DoD and VA populations. The study researches massage therapy's promising evidence-based approach to reducing the burden of chronic pain within the DoD and VA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this study has been placed on hold until 2022.