Therapeutic massage can often be viewed as a luxury or something only for special occasions, but the idea of massage as a way to treat ourselves, doesn’t come close to touching on the essence of massage and its therapeutic benefits to body, mind and spirit. Massage has the following benefits:
- Increases circulation
- Enhances the immune system
- Promotes nervous system functioning
- Provides deep relaxation and stress reduction
- Reduces blood pressure
- Relieves pain and muscle tension
- Increases body awareness and mind-body-spirit connection
- Improves mood, intellectual reasoning and job performance
- Positive effect on conditions such as fibromyalgia, arthritis, diabetes and migraine headaches
- Stimulate the nervous system to help reduce muscle atrophy
- Increase muscle tone
- Stimulate the functions of the skin or an organ deep inside the body
- Sedate the nervous system to help ease muscle tension, spasticity, stress-related symptoms and headaches
- Allow better range of motion and support the connective tissue and muscles in becoming strong and healthy
- Provides deeper and easier breathing
- Supports a healthy lifestyle
- Boosts self-esteem
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