About Massage


Massage therapy  has an extensive array of evidence-based health benefits.
Just a few of them are listed below.

Massage therapy can:

  • Raise neurotransmitter levels, boosting your sense of well-being, decreasing both physical and emotional pain, and expanding your capacity for joy and mental clarity.
  • Regulate blood pressure and increase circulation, which are excellent for the health of your heart.
  • Stimulate the lymphatic system, which supports proper immunity.
  • Reduce the frequency of headaches.
  • Increase joint range-of-motion and joint and muscle flexibility, bringing ease of movement and decreasing the likelihood of injury.
  • Break up scar tissue and reduce post-surgical and post-injury swelling.
  • Ease the swelling and discomforts of pregnancy, as well as regulate hormones and speed recovery postpartum.

The list does go on, but I will stop there with the hope that I have piqued your interest. If you would like to read more about the myriad ways that massage therapy can positively affect your health, please click on the links below:

“Health Benefits of Massage”. Judy Jones. MORE Magazine. 2012.

“Don’t Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine”. Andrea Petersen. The Wall Street Journal. 2012.

“The Benefits Of Postpartum Massage”. Steve Metzger, RN-CMT. American Pregnancy Association. 2013.

“Postpartum Depression Treatment: Complementary & Alternative Modalities”. Christina Hibbert, PsyD. drchristinahibbert.com.

“Cortisol Decreases and Serotonin and Dopamine Increase Following Massage Therapy”. Tiffany Field Et al. Touch Research Institutes, University of Miami School of Medicine. 2004.

 

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