Benefits of Massage

Massage uses a range of techniques which aim to create movements of the soft tissues, which improves the flow of blood and lymph, reduce muscular tension, calm or stimulate the nervous system and promote tissue healing. These techniques include applying fixed or moveable pressure applied by the hands, fingers, forearms and elbows. Different styles of massage use varying pressure and strokes, though most massage therapists use a combination of styles. Swedish massage focuses mostly on the superficial layer of muscles, deep tissue massage with greater pressure to the deeper layer of muscles, sports massage is specifically focused on the needs of athletes and sports injuries and neuromuscular massage pinpoints individual muscles.

Benefits of massage

Massage has a wide scope for healing and promoting wellbeing in the body, some of which are obviously treating a symptom such as sore muscles after exercise and others are more subtle such as helping relieve anxiety and helping in preparation for birth.

Psychological benefits:

• Stress reduction and aiding relaxation

• Creates a feeling of wellbeing

• Reduction in levels of anxiety

• Increases awareness of mind-body connection

• Stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system promoting renewal and repair

• Improves sleep

Physical benefits

• Relief from muscular aches and pains

• Increased mobility and flexibility

• Increases circulation

• Moves lymph around the body aiding in detoxification

• Reduces swelling

• Removes lactic acid from sore muscles

• Improves muscle tone

Other benefits of massage include reducing tension headaches, helping mothers prepare for a relaxed birth, helping to treat insomnia, helping digestive problems, asthma, depression and improving motor development in infants.

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