Benefits of Massage Therapy
Massage relaxes muscle contraction, spasms, and relieves general body tension.
Massage helps to overcome harmful “fatigue” resulting from strenuous exercise programs.
Massage can compensate, at least in part, for the lack of exercise and muscular contraction in persons who because of injury, illness, or age are forced to remain inactive.
Massage is a great mental vacation from stress!!!!
Massage disperses the edema following injury to ligaments and tendons, lessens pain, tissue damage, and helps facilitate greater movement.
Massage improves muscle tone and helps prevent or delay muscular atrophy resulting from forced inactivity.
Massage may have a sedative, stimulating, or even exhausting effect on the nervous system, depending on the type and length of massage given.
Massage strokes can separate muscle fibers, undoing or preventing the formation of adhesions, spasms, and trigger points.
Massage can help you relax to the point that you discover solutions to stressful problems facing you.
Massage allows you to sleep better at night.
Massage dilates blood vessels, which improves circulation.
Massage feels great!!!!
Massage reduces your stress, tension and anxiety levels.
Massage calms the nervous system and has a centering/balancing effect.
Massage relaxes, focuses and clears your mind.
Massage helps improve and maintain your posture.
Massage encourages self-esteem and a general feeling of well-being.
Massage increases your awareness of the whole being connection and increases emotional awareness.
Massage increases the blood supply and nutrition to your muscles.
Massage helps your muscles recover more quickly from exertion and fatigue.
Massage relaxes your muscles, effectively reducing spasms and tension.
Massage reduces and breaks down adhesions (knots) and fibrosis.
Massage stretches your connective tissue.
Massage helps to re-establish your proper muscle tone.
Massage reduces your muscle and soft tissue pain.
Massage helps to prevent muscular atrophy.
Massage improves the circulation and nutrition of the joints and helps range of joint movement.
Massage increases the nutrition of the tissues.
Massage helps to reduce any swelling and contusions.
Massage has the overall effect of lowering blood pressure.
Massage facilitates tissue healing through the enhancement of circulation.
Massage increases tissue fluid and assists lymphatic circulation thus enhancing the immune and filtering activities of this system.
Massage helps to balance the autonomic nervous system.
Massage is known to affect the neurotransmitters of the brain.
Massage can help reduce nerve entrapment through the release of muscle binding.
Massage can reduce nerve root compression caused by muscular tension.
Massage stimulates peristalsis and can reduce cramping or spasm.
Massage helps to reduce tension in the skin and adjoining tissues.
Massage increases the action of the heart, stimulating the blood flow to the lungs, helping with the elimination of waste and the absorption of oxygen.