The Benefits Of Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic massage has many benefits. Some of which include:
- Alleviate low back pain and improve range of motion.
- General feeling of wellbeing.
- Alleviate water retention and cramping associated with premenstrual syndrome.
- Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
- Ease medication dependence.
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body’s natural defense system.
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
- Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
- Improve the condition of the body’s largest organ—the skin.
- Increase joint flexibility.
- Lessen depression and anxiety.
- Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
- Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
- Relieve migraine pain.
- Relieve fibromyalgia pain.
- Relieve TMJ pain.
- Encourage healthy digestion.
- Lowers high blood pressure.