By: Matt Nicholson April 14, 2017
Massage therapy is both physiologically and psychologically potent and as a natural method for healing. “How well you respond to an injury has everything to do with how tense you’ve been for the last ten years”. Massage therapy manipulates and stimulates all of your skin, muscles, nerves, connective tissues, and joints. Muscles are mostly water which means stiff and sore muscles are sick muscles. Massage therapy can break the myofascial pain syndrome including waste products of metabolism and it also serves as a form of passive exercise, increasing circulation, waking up the enormous complex tissues of your skin and muscles by stirring the forces that keep them fit and vital. We are tactile beings; the human body needs tactile stimulation which is often deprived.
As the relief of massage therapy sinks in, people who get massages begin to sleep better and exercise more comfortably. Coordination is stimulated and injury becomes less likely. In addition, the effects of stress and injury also become less severe. Take care of yourself and invest in your body. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”.
How often should you get a massage?
Massage frequency should be dependent on what you seek from the massage. If you are looking for massage therapy to relieve general tension, monthly massages may be adequate to sustain relief. If you seek relief from chronic pain, acute injury treatment, or high levels of stress, however treatments every week or two may be necessary.
25 Benefits of Massage Therapy
| 1 – Relieves stress
2 – Relieves postoperative pain 3 – Reduces anxiety 4 – Manages low-back pain 5 – Helps fibromyalgia pain 6 – Reduces muscle tension 7 – Enhances exercise performance 8 – Relieves tension headaches 9 – Better sleep 10 – Eases symptoms of depression 11 – Improves cardiovascular health 12 – Reduces pain of osteoarthritis 13 – Decreases stress in cancer patients 14 – Improves balance in older adults 15 – Decreases rheumatoid arthritis pain 16 – Tempers effects of dementia 17 – Promotes relaxation 18 – Lowers blood pressure 19 – Decreases symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 20 – Helps chronic neck pain 21 – Lowers joint replacement pain 22 Increases range of motion 23 Decreases migraine frequency 24 Improves quality of life in hospice care 25 Reduces chemotherapy-related nausea |
How to Maximize the Benefits of Your Massage:
Water: Drink plenty of water following a massage to release and flush toxins from the body. Post massage hydration also helps promote circulation of blood flow and oxygen.
Stretching: Helps maintain joint mobility and prevents muscles from tightening up to keep the life energy flowing.
Exercise: Working out should be continually cultivated and can help maintain the benefits of massage. Exercise can help provide muscle memory to alleviate and prevent joint pain.
Body Awareness: Listen to your body and know it’s demands and needs
Diet: Support the body’s renewed state by eating a healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables to continue the detoxification process of riding the body of toxins.
http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/658/Making-the-Most-of-Your-Massage
https://www.amtamassage.org/articles/1/news/detail/3124
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