Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:
- Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
- Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
- 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 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
Massage helps your brain listen to your body. It literally connects the two together via me touching your skin with my hands. Your brain views your skin, and shows your brain where you feel sensation, even if you are injured, broken bones, feeling loss, or under medication. The brain can work on that area and help it get better immediately. I have witnessed it with broken bones, watching the body be in flight and flight mechanism, and it turns off and starts to help itself again. It's amazing. I've had some experiences with folks in the hospital and those times are the mind blowing experiences I will never forget. When we go into fight or flight, the body shuts down "every day mechanisms" and puts all its resources into surviving. When we want to heal, it's vital to relax and let go, to breathe. This helps the brain and body to shed the stress mechanisms of cortisol and adrenaline and start repairing the body and cell damage.
I'm not a doctor, I am a well experienced Licensed Massage Therapist and I love what I do. Bring yourself to my office and let's get to work. :)
