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Massage therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissue of the body to gain a therapeutic response. Soft tissue includes muscles, skin, and connective tissue, ligaments and membranes. Massage therapy provides an alternative health option to help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many chronic pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development of painful muscular pattering, if employed early enough after accident involving trauma and injury.
Some benefits and positive effects of massage:
- Helps to prevent and relive muscular cramps and spasms;
- Improves circulation of blood vessels and lymph glands;
- Improves delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the cell of the body;
- General soreness and stiffness can be relieved;
- Relieved fatigue;
- Reduced tension and anxiety;
- Calms the nervous system
- Promotes a sense of relaxation and renewed energy
Potential uses of massage therapy include the treatment of:
- chronic stress/fatigue
- back pain and discomfort
- headache (migraines and tension)
- tendonitis
- sciatica
- sprain/strain
- pregnancy
- Whiplash and many other muscular lesions and conditions. |
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