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It’s all about you
Pull away for a moment from the stresses
of daily living and relax those aching muscles.
Experience the therapeutic benefits of a
massage whether you’re seeking physical healing, desire
to reach your optimal physical performance, or just to escape
from today’s fast-paced lifestyle.
Stretching can help to prevent these strains
and injuries.
However, stretching alone may not be enough.
Stretching partnered with massage assists
the muscles in releasing tension. In addition, massage allows
fiber adhesions to become softer and flexible. The results
are stretched, elongated and ultimately pain-free muscles.
Reach your optimal physical performance
Different massage modalities are beneficial
to anyone who routinely stretches their physical limits through
movement such as swimmers, weight lifters, runners, golfers,
ball players, skaters, dancers, tennis players, musicians,
and boxers.
Did you know massage could improve
your game, decrease DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness),
and give you greater flexibility and assist you in reaching
your performance peak?
Massage your ills away
Stresses from everyday life taking
a toll on your body?
You’re not alone. Whether it’s
at home or work, our body is susceptible to strains and injuries.
We are vulnerable to various types of discomforts from muscle
aches or spasms, chronic pain, headaches, and repetitive strain
injuries.
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Benefits
In an age of technical and, at times, impersonal medicine,
massage offers a drug-free, non-invasive and humanistic
approach based on the body's natural ability to heal
itself.
Having a massage does more than just relax your body
and mind - there are specific physiological and psychological
changes which occur, even more so when massage is utilized
as a preventative, frequent therapy and not simply mere
luxury. Massage not only feels good, but it can cure
what ails you.
So what exactly are the benefits to receiving regular
massage and/or bodywork treatments?
- Increases circulation, allowing the body to pump
more oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs.
- Stimulates the flow of lymph, the body's natural
defense system, against toxic invaders. For example,
in breast cancer patients, massage has been shown
to increase the cells that fight cancer.
- Increased circulation of blood and lymph systems
improves the condition of the body's largest organ
- the skin.
- Relaxes and softens injured and overused muscles
- Reduces spasms and cramping
- Increases joint flexibility.
- Reduces recovery time, helps prepare for strenuous
workouts and eliminates subsequent pains of the athlete
at any level.
- Releases endorphins - the body's natural painkiller
- and is being used in chronic illness, injury and
recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain.
- Reduces post-surgery adhesions and edema and can
be used to reduce and realign scar tissue after healing
has occurred.
- Improves range-of-motion and decreases discomfort
for patients with low back pain.
- Relieves pain for migraine sufferers and decreases
the need for medication.
- Provides exercise and stretching for atrophied muscles
and reduces shortening of the muscles for those with
restricted range of motion.
- Assists with shorter labor for expectant mothers,
as well as less need for medication, less depression
and anxiety, and shorter hospital stays.
Massage is a perfect elixir for good health, but it
can also provide an integration of body and mind. By
producing a meditative state or heightened awareness
of living in the present moment, massage can provide
emotional and spiritual balance, bringing with it true
relaxation and peace.
The above information was published by Body
Sense Magazine in the Fall of 2001.
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