Bodywork Benefits
Experts estimate that the overwhelming majority of disease is stress-related, with up to 90% of doctor's visits being due to stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress and treating its physical manifestations and side-effects, which translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced quality of sleep.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
- Reduced pain.
- Increased range of motion.
Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. It can:
- Alleviate low-back and joint pain, improving range of motion.
- 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 post-surgery adhesions and swelling.
- Reduce spasms.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Release endorphins—neurotransmitters that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
- Relieve migraine pain.