Some of the Many Benefits and Uses of Massage

Enhances General Health.

Therapeutic massage can be an important component of your health maintenance or wellness plan. Massage helps keep the body and mind functioning optimally.

• Promotes well-nourished and healthy skin
  
• Improves circulation of blood and lymph
  
• Lowers blood pressure
  
• Speeds recovery from injuries and illness
  
• Reduces heart rate
  
• Relaxes muscles and improves joint mobility
  
• Encourages general relaxation
  
• Strengthens immune system functioning
  
• Improves energy flow
  
• Improves muscle and skin tone
  
• Increases tissue metabolism
  
• Decreases muscular deterioration
  

Alleviates Problematic Conditions.

Therapeutic massage can help relieve certain common physical problems, and help bring the body back to optimal functioning.

• Relieves general muscular tension and aches
  
• Reduces tension headaches
  
• Relieves muscular back pain
  
• Promotes better sleeping patterns and rhythms
  
• Improves poor circulation
  
• Reduces stress and anxiety
  
• Reduces chronic pain
  
• Improves posture
  
• Reduces mental stress
  

 

Supports Your Fitness or Sports Program.

Therapeutic massage can be an important adjunct to a fitness or sports program, helping you achieve your performance goals with minimum injury and pain.

• Powerful cleanser of toxins and metabolic waste from tissues
  
• Relieves tired and sore muscles
  
• Helps improve flexibility and range of motion
  
• Relaxes tight muscles
  
• Speeds recovery from strenuous physical exertion
  
• Reduces the anxiety of athletic competition
  
• Increases red blood cell counts
  
• Reduces swelling
  

 

Combats the Negative Effects of Aging.

Therapeutic massage is effective in combating the negative effects of aging noticed in the middle to late years of life. It helps keep body tissues and basic functions in a more youthful state.

• Enhances tissue elasticity and joint flexibility
  
• Improves blood and lymph circulation
  
• Promotes deeper more effective breathing
  
• Speeds the removal of metabolic waste
  
• Promotes healthy vibrant skin
  
• Improves immune system functioning
  
• Relieves muscle aches and stiffness
  

 

Relieves the Effects of Stress.

Therapeutic massage helps balance the effects of stress in our lives, and avid stress related disease and dysfunction.

• Triggers the Relaxation Response
  
• Relaxes tense muscles
  
• Reduces anxiety level
  
• Normalizes blocked energy flow
  
• Improves immune system functioning
  
• Restores a calm mind and feeling of overall well-being
  
• Improves concentration
  
• Stimulates the release of endorphins
  

 

Special Cases.

Therapeutic massage can help in certain temporary or long-term situations which cause unique physical and mental challenges.

• For mothers-to-be during pregnancy
  
• For infants, especially premature and other developmentally challenged babies
  
• For the disabled, especially those in wheelchairs and others with challenging orthopedic conditions
  
• For the elderly
  

 

Complements Other Health Care.

Therapeutic massage is frequently used to enhance the beneficial effects of other types of health care.

• Physical and Occupational Therapy
  
• Chiropractic
  
• Psychotherapy