So many people around the world talk about how massage can be beneficial and make you feel more relaxed. They say that if you get a massage, even just once a month, it could help you with many different aspects of your life, such as easing depression, decreasing anxiety, becoming more relaxed more often, and that it can help you become less stressed. in your daily life. In this research study, researchers hypothesize that massage would have an effect on anxiety, depression, and alertness. The goal was to demonstrate that massage can reduce anxiety, depression and stress by testing cortisol level and increase alertness by comparing EEG patterns using mathematical calculations. This research study is quantitative research. Most studies on massage therapy are qualitative rather than quantitative research. In qualitative research, the findings are based on what people have felt and their personal experiences. People involved in the study record how or what they felt, then researchers compare and analyze the information pre-massage, post-massage, and with that of other subjects. Because massage therapists influence how people feel, qualitative research is normally the best type of research for the field of massage therapy. In quantitative research, variables can be measured and analyzed, such as people's cortisol levels and EEG patterns. In this study, there is some qualitative research, because they ask questions like how stressed did you feel and how depressed did you feel. You can't really compare someone's stress level with a simple questionnaire sheet. Everyone can tolerate different levels of stress and different types of stress. The researchers observed and compared anxiety, depression, stress and alertness. They used 5 different variables to test…half of the paper…a chair won't help much with their whiplash. Of course, many people don't know all the benefits of different types of massage, but that's why we educate our clients and the people around us, or at least those who listen to us. Massage therapists should constantly educate themselves on new studies and educate their clients with information like this. It really helps massage therapy gain a more respectable reputation. Research studies confirm and help prove massage theories. This study shows that even a short massage therapy session can really impact your mood and lifestyle. So why not try a massage? Works Cited Tiffany Field, Gail Robinson, Frank Scafidi, Tom Nawrocki, and Alex Goncalves (1996) Massage Therapy Reduces Anxiety and Improves EEG Pattern of Alertness and Mathematical Computations, International Journal of Neuroscience