Massage
MASSAGE
Massage provides relief to people of all ages-from infants to seniors and from all walks of life. The weekend or competitive athlete, the home gardener or the overstressed, overworked executive benefit from it.
Massage offers a drug-free non-invasive therapy based on the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Massage has many physiological effects, such as:
• Increasing circulation, allowing the body to pump more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs.
• Stimulating the lymph system, the body’s natural defense, against toxic invaders. For example, in breast cancer patients, massage has been shown to increase the cells that fight cancer.
• Relaxing and softening injured and overused muscles.
• Reducing spasms and cramping.
• Increasing joint flexibility.
• Releasing endorphins, the body’s natural painkiller.
For this reason, massage is being incorporated into treatment for chronic illness, injury, and recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain.
• Reducing post-surgery adhesions and edema; and reducing and realigning scar tissue after healing has occurred.
• Improving range of motion and decreasing discomfort for patients with low back pain.
• Relieving pain for migraine sufferers and decreasing the need for medication.
• Providing exercise and stretching for atrophied muscles and reducing shortening of the muscles for those with restricted range of motion.
• Contributing to shorter labor and reduced tearing for expectant mothers, as well as lessening the need for medication, minimizing depression and anxiety, and shortening hospital stays.
Massage provides relief to people of all ages-from infants to seniors and from all walks of life. The weekend or competitive athlete, the home gardener or the overstressed, overworked executive benefit from it.
Massage offers a drug-free non-invasive therapy based on the body’s natural ability to heal itself.
Massage has many physiological effects, such as:
• Increasing circulation, allowing the body to pump more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs.
• Stimulating the lymph system, the body’s natural defense, against toxic invaders. For example, in breast cancer patients, massage has been shown to increase the cells that fight cancer.
• Relaxing and softening injured and overused muscles.
• Reducing spasms and cramping.
• Increasing joint flexibility.
• Releasing endorphins, the body’s natural painkiller.
For this reason, massage is being incorporated into treatment for chronic illness, injury, and recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain.
• Reducing post-surgery adhesions and edema; and reducing and realigning scar tissue after healing has occurred.
• Improving range of motion and decreasing discomfort for patients with low back pain.
• Relieving pain for migraine sufferers and decreasing the need for medication.
• Providing exercise and stretching for atrophied muscles and reducing shortening of the muscles for those with restricted range of motion.
• Contributing to shorter labor and reduced tearing for expectant mothers, as well as lessening the need for medication, minimizing depression and anxiety, and shortening hospital stays.