There are many benefits of massage both physical and mental
Physically, massage......
- Helps relieve stress and promotes relaxation
- Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness
- Encourages faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling
- Reduces formation of excess scar tissue
- Reduces muscle spasms
- Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion
- Enhances athletic performance
- Promotes deeper and easier breathing
- Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids
- Reduces blood pressure
- Helps relieve tension related headaches and effects of eye-strain
- Enhances the health and nourishment of the skin
- Improves posture
- Strengthens the immune system
Mentally, massage.......
- Encourages peace of mind
- Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness
- Helps relieve mental stress
- Improves ability to recognize stress signals and respond appropriately
- Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity
- Satisfies need for caring, nurturing touch
- Promotes a feeling of well-being
- Reduces levels of anxiety
- Increases awareness of the mind-body connection