Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related.
Massage is a highly effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Increase energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:
- Alleviate back pain and improve range of motion.
- Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers.
- Ease medication dependency.
- Enhance immunity- the body's natural defense system.
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
- Help athletes 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.
- 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 TMJ dysfunction.
- Help to Improve your marathon mile time.