Benefits of Massage

 

Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:

 

• Decreased anxiety

• Enhanced sleep quality

• Greater energy

• Improved concentration

• Reduced fatigue

 

 

Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:

 

• Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion

• Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays

• Ease medication dependence

• Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body's natural defense system

• Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles

• Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts

• Improve the condition of the body's largest organ—the skin

• Increase joint flexibility

• Lessen depression and anxiety

• Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks

• Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling

• Reduce spasms and cramping

• Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles

• Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller

• Relieve migraine pain