Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:
Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:
►Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
►Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body's natural defense system.
►Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
►Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
►Ease medication dependence.
►Increase joint flexibility.
►Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
►Improve the condition of the body's largest organ—the skin.
►Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller.
►Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
►Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
►Lessen depression and anxiety.
►Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
►Reduce spasms and cramping.
►Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
►Relieve migraine pain.