Sixteen adults diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease received 30 min massage therapy or progressive muscle relaxation exercise sessions twice a week for 5 weeks (10 sessions in total). Physicians rated participants in the massage therapy group as improved in daily living activities by the end of the study. The massaged group also rated themselves as improved in daily functioning, and having more effective and less disturbed sleep. Urine samples revealed that, at the end of the 10 sessions, the massage therapy group had lower noradrenaline and adrenaline levels. The progressive muscle relaxation group had higher dopamine and adrenaline levels.