How Can Massage Therapy Benefit You?
Massage Therapy is useful for all of the conditions listed below and more:
- Relieves migraine pain
- Alleviates low-back, shoulder and neck pain
- Increases flexibility and range of motion
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
- Stress relief.
- Lessens depression and anxiety
- Enhances sleep quality
- Provides more energy
- Helps athletes prepare and recover from strenuous workouts
- Increases muscle tone
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles
- Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
- Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
- Ease medication dependence
- Aids in digestion, assimilation and elimination
- Helps reduce high blood pressure temporarily
- Improves concentration
- Increases circulation
- Improves circulation therefore getting more oxygen and nutrients to tissues and vital organs
- Enhances your immune system
A Powerful Ally in Your Healthcare
Massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen. In response to massage, specific physiological and chemical changes occur throughout the body, with profound effects. Research shows that with massage:
- Arthritis sufferers note fewer aches and less stiffness and pain.
- Asthmatic children show better pulmonary function and increased peak air flow.
- Burn injury patients report reduced pain, itching, and anxiety.
- High blood pressure patients demonstrate lower diastolic blood pressure, anxiety, and stress hormones.
- Premenstrual syndrome sufferers have decreased water retention and cramping.
- Preterm infants have improved weight gain.
Research continues to show the significant benefits of touch—which range from treating chronic diseases, neurological disorders, and injuries, to alleviating the tensions of modern lifestyles. Consequently, the medical community is actively embracing bodywork, and massage is becoming an integral part of overall health care.
Increase the Benefits with Frequent Visits
Making massage therapy a part of your regularly scheduled self-care can play a huge part in how healthy you’ll be and how youthful you’ll remain with each passing year. Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent intervals is truly an investment in your health. And remember: just because massage feels like a pampering treat doesn’t mean it is any less therapeutic. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan, and work with your practitioner to establish a treatment schedule that best meets your needs.
