Current research is beginning to validate what most clients already know about massage therapy: it can help ease or prevent many common ailments that are often treated with prescription drugs and/or hospitalization. Massage therapy is based on the ability of the body to naturally heal itself.
Massage has been shown to:
- Decrease stress
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow — the body’s natural defense system
- Release muscle tightness
- Improve joint range of motion and flexibility
- Release endorphins — amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller
- Diminish aches and pains
- Reduce anxiety and depression
