WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE?

Massage Benefits Therapeutic massage is increasingly being recommended by doctors to complement traditional medicine as research proves its healing effects. Here are some of the ways massage can help improve a person's health:
  • Increases blood circulation and lymph flow
  • Reduces heart rate and blood pressure
  • Reduces stress and tension
  • Relieves both chronic and temporary pain
  • Improves flexibility
  • Increases levels of serotonin, protecting against depression
  • Increases endorphins, the body's natural pain killers
  • Strengthens the immune system
  • Premature infants experience accelerated weight gain
  • Prevents sports injuries and increases athletic performance
  • Helps relieve tension, sinus, and migraine, headaches
  • Alleviates carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, bronchitis, arthritis, and more


 
Laura Davies LMT, Therapeutic massage
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