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Therapeutic Massage
Massage has direct psychological and physiological benefits.
Physically, massage
- Increases metabolism, thereby hastening healing,
- Helps to prevent and relieve muscle cramps and spasms,
- Reduces or prevents muscle soreness from overexertion,
- Improves digestion, assimilation, and elimination,
- Reduces mildly high blood pressure,
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- Improves circulation of blood and lymph, thereby
improving the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the cells
while enhancing the removal of metabolic wastes,
- Helps the skin to function in a normal healthy manner;
for example, facial massage helps tone the skin, prevent
blemishes, and soften fine lines,
- Relieves pain in joints and increases joint mobility,
- And massage is helpful in pain management for such
conditions as arthritis, neuritis, neuralgia, labor and
delivery, whiplash, muscular lesions, sciatica, headache,
muscle spasms, and many other conditions.
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Psychologically, massage
- Relieves fatigue,
- Promotes deep relaxation to relieve insomnia,
- Reduces tension and anxiety,
- Calms the nervous system,
- And promotes a sense of relaxation and renewed energy.
And besides that,
massage feels good!
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Also see Relaxation Massage. |
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