Benefits of Massage

What is Massage?
Massage is manual soft tissue manipulation, and includes holding, causing movement, and/or applying pressure to the body.

What is Massage Therapy?
Massage Therapy is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques, and may apply adjunctive therapies, with the intention of positively affecting the health and well-being of the client.

What Massage Can Do for You:

• provide anything from soothing relaxation to deeper therapy for specific physical problems.
• relieve your stress and anxiety.
• increase the nourishing blood supply to your tissues.
• improve your energy and alertness.
• aid your recovery from pulled muscles or sprained ligaments.
• ease many of the uncomfortable stresses of child bearing including edema, backaches, and exhaustion.
• relieve certain repetitive motion injuries related to on-the-job activities.
• greatly reduce your pain if you suffer from such problems as temporal mandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ)
  or carpal tunnel syndrome.

A Healthy Response:
Once your massage is underway, a whole range of beneficial reactions is set in motion. The therapy can:

• hasten the eliminatio of waste and toxic debris that are stored in your muscles.
• increase the interchange of substances between the blood and tissue cells.
• heighten the oxygenation of the tissues.
• stimulate the relaxation response within your nervous system.

All of These Responses Can:

• help to strengthen your immune system.
• improve your posture and increase your joint flexibility and range of motion.
• lower your blood pressure.

Easing Your Stress:
Accumulated stress and tension always diminishes your energy and vitality. The rejuvenating effects
of a massage in the middle of your workday may surprise you. The therapist's touch can:

• invigorate you as it loosens your tense muscles and stimulates your circulation.
• enhance your ability to think and concentrate as the circulation of oxygen-rich blood to
  your brain and body is increased.
• help you feel alert, refreshed, and ready to get back to the job.

More Facts on Massage:
In the British Museum, records reveal that as early as 3000 B.C., massage was practiced by the Chinese.

Modern massage terminology is credited to Dr. Johann Mezger (1839-1909) of Holland, who established the practice and art of massage as a scientific subject for physicians in the remedial treatment of disease.