Help Yourself to Health
What
exactly are the benefits of receiving massage or bodywork treatments?
Useful for all of the conditions listed below and more, massage 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.
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
- Reduce post-surgery adhesions and swelling.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Release endorphins—the body’s natural painkiller.
- Relieve migraine pain.
- Increased Productivity
- Improved Digestion
- Detoxification
A Powerful Ally
There’s
no
denying the power of bodywork. Regardless of the adjectives we
assign to it (pampering, rejuvenating, therapeutic) or the reasons we
seek it out (a luxurious treat, stress relief, pain management),
massage therapy can be a powerful ally in your healthcare regimen. The
incredible benefits of massage are doubly powerful if taken in regular
“doses.” Professionals at the Touch Research Institute at the University
of Miami explain the more massage you get, the greater benefits you
reap.
Experts
estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related.
And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than
high stress. While eliminating anxiety and pressure altogether in this
fast-paced world may be idealistic, massage can, without a doubt, help manage stress. This translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
Furthermore,
clients
often report a sense of perspective and clarity after receiving
a massage. The emotional balance bodywork provides can often be just as
vital and valuable as the more tangible physical benefits.
Profound Effects
In
response to massage, specific physiological and chemical changes
cascade throughout the body, with profound effects. Research shows that with massage:
- Arthritis sufferers note fewer aches and less stiffness and pain.
- Asthmatic children show better pulmonary function and increased peak air flow.
- Burn injury patients report reduced pain, itching, and anxiety.
- High blood pressure patients demonstrate lower diastolic blood pressure, anxiety, and stress hormones.
- Premenstrual syndrome sufferers have decreased water retention and cramping.
- Preterm infants have improved weight gain.
Research
continues
to show the enormous benefits of touch—which range from
treating chronic diseases, neurological disorders, and injuries, to
alleviating
the tensions of modern lifestyles. Consequently, the medical community
is actively embracing bodywork, and massage is becoming an integral
part of hospice care and neonatal intensive care units. Many hospitals
are also incorporating on-site massage practitioners and even spas to
treat postsurgery or pain patients as part of the recovery process.
Increase the Benefits with Frequent Visits
Here’s
the beauty of bodywork: its benefits are compounded when massage is
utilized as a frequent therapy. The more you get, the more it does.
Taking
part in this form of regularly-scheduled self-care can play a huge part
in how healthy you’ll be and how youthful you’ll remain with each
passing year. Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent
intervals is truly an investment in your health. And remember: just
because massage feels like a pampering treat doesn’t mean it is any
less therapeutic. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of
your health and wellness plan, and work with your practitioner to
establish a treatment schedule that best meets your needs.
Call Today to Schedule an Appointment!
Jannah Eilanie Szeibert, HHP, LCMT
(562) 712-9843
info@MassageByJannah.com
