Indulge, relax, destress.
Research shows massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins - enhancing medical treatment.
- Although therapeutic massage can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury.
- Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren't massaged.
- Massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients.
- Abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage.
- Premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than those who weren't.
- Autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy.
