The Benefits of Theraputic Massage
Massage is one of the most instinctive and natural means of increasing relaxation and easing both physical and emotional tension. Massage can contribute to our health and well-being by assisting the release of deep and varying layers of tension, blocked energy and chronic pain.
Massage is also one of the best known antidotes for stress, a primary cause of illness. The more people experience massage, the more they come to realize how readily masssage can reduce stress and improve the body's natural efficiency. Massage helps the body heal itself, and is quite often a wonderful compliment to many medical treatments, conventional and otherwise.
Healing touch can ease tensions in sore muscles and help us arrive at a deep state of relaxation. It can address postural problems and is a wonderful compliment to any fitness or strength-building regime. Massage can to an amazing degree uncover and address chronic pain and discomfort. It can boost self-esteem and self-acceptance as it helps connect us to our bodies through the experience of safe and appropriate therapeutic touch. Massage can help harmonize the energies of our mind, body and spirit.
I maintain the highest standards for safe, supportive and ethical massage. Each client is treated individually, with warmth and personal care, and each massage is designed to acknowledge and honor individual needs.
Some Benefits Of Massage
- Increases relaxation
- Eases muscle pain caused by muscle imbalance and weakness
- Reduces anxiety
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces physical, mental and emotional stress
- Enhances the immune system
- Improves body awareness
- Hastens the elimination of wastes and toxic debris (such as lactic acid) from muscle tissue
- Strengthens the body-mind connection
- Improves muscle tone
- Reduces muscle tension
- Improves self image
- Calms the nervous system
- Eases tension headaches
- Increases mental aptitude and awareness
- Improves organ function
- Speeds stressed muscle recovery
- Relieves constipation
- Increases lymph and blood curculation
- Keeps the skin elastic
- Increases flexibility, joint mobility and range-of-motion
- Prepares a mother-to-be for birth
- Increases endorphin production (the body's natural pain killer)
- Soothes the soul
Massage therapy has been a beneficial asset for people for centuries. Today, in our fast paced world, massage is becoming known for its therapeutic benefits of bodywork. It promotes stress relief, better circulation of blood and lymph systems and decreases muscle pain and tightness. It also increases flexibility and range of motion, as well as relieves stress and anxiety. It will enhance recovery time from surgeries and injuries by promoting increased circulation to the area. Massage is another form of healing touch that can affect the whole person on several levels: Physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
