There are a direct relation ship between pain & stress. In this study concerning the effect of two types of treatment on reducing pain. 63 females patient had participated with low back pain, which met the required criteria. Patient were allocated randomly and divided in two groups by specialist physician. The treatment was given to both groups every day. The researcher on each patient conducted touch therapy, 15-20 minutes in 5-10 sessions. In the second group, a physiotherapist conducted physiotherapy in 10 sessions with hot pack & TENS for 10-15 minutes. The severity of pain was measured at 3 times, before treatment, after the last session & one month after the last session. The effect of treatment were compared by another person on a double blind fashion, by interviewing the patient of both groups. The severity of pain was measured by using a 10-degree visual analogue scale (VAS). Result show that there was no statistically significant difference between two groups on reducing of pain immediately after the last session(p=0.2). Follow up of the patients after one month showed that severity and duration of pain were significantly different (p<0.005). touch therapy is more effective on reduction of pain one month later than immediately after treatment.

Tthus touch therapy has a similar effect to physiotherapy in reducing the severity of pain, while touch therapy requires no special instruments or techniques.