Does massage help a hiatus hernia?
Patrick Reardon has answered Extremely Unlikely
An expert from Houston Methodist Hospital in Medicine
There is no scientific evidence that massage therapy or chiropractic therapy can relieve a hiatal hernia or its symptoms. However, many hiatal hernias are mobile. They move up and down, into and out of the chest, over time. Their symptoms may vary or change with this movement.
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