Benefits of Therapeutic Massage
Regular therapeutic massage offers a number of physical, mental and emotional benefits.
Physiological benefits include:
- Lowers blood pressure
- Decreases stress
- Strengthens the immune system
- Calms the nervous system
- Relieves tired, aching, or cramped muscles
- Speeds recovery from injury and illness
- Improves blood and lymph circulation
- Improves digestion
- Increases range of motion
- Improves muscle tone
- Reduces chronic pain
- Reduces the occurrence of tension headaches
- Improves posture
- Reduces swelling and fluid retention
Physical conditions that can be helped with therapeutic massage:
- Chronic headaches
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Frozen shoulder
- Whiplash
- Sciatica
- Back pain
- Tennis elbow
- Golfer's elbow
- Runner's knee
- Sinus pain and pressure
Mental benefits include:
- Reduces mental stress
- Better sleep patterns
- Improves mental alertness and productivity
- Induces mental relaxation
- Reduce the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder
Emotional benefits include:
- Promotes feelings of well-being
- Reduces anxiety
- Improves body image
- Reduces depression
- "You" time!
- Pregnancy-related discomfort
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis
- Sprains and strains
- Torticollis (chronic stiff neck)
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Sports injuries
- Hip pain
- Shoulder pain
- Fibromyalgia
