Benefits of Regular Massage

There are a lot of posts on the internet about the benefits of massage. No matter how you twist it or turn it, the benefits will always be very similar or even the same. What are the basic benefits of massage?

  • Relieve stress

  • Relieve postoperative pain

  • Reduce anxiety

  • Manage low-back pain

  • Help fibromyalgia pain

  • Reduce muscle tension

  • Enhance exercise performance

  • Relieve tension headaches

  • Sleep better

  • Ease symptoms of depression

  • Improve cardiovascular health

  • Reduce pain of osteoarthritis

  • Decrease stress in cancer patients

  • Improve balance in older adults

  • Decrease rheumatoid arthritis pain

  • Temper effects of dementia

  • Promote relaxation

  • Lower blood pressure

  • Decrease symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

  • Help chronic neck pain

  • Lower joint replacement pain

  • Increase range of motion

  • Decrease migraine frequency

  • Improve quality of life in hospice care

  • Reduce chemotherapy-related nausea

Those are just a few things that massage can help assist with. But why does massage help these things? Simply, massage affects each body system we have - Nervous system, Digestive system, Circulatory system, Integumentary system, Endocrine system, Lymphatic system, Respiratory system, Excretory system, Reproductive system, Respiratory system, Skeletal system, and of course the Muscular system. The changes in each of these might not be dramatic, however manipulation of muscle along with touch and intention definitely can help issues found in each area. The body is truly amazing.

For regular massage, although all the benefits stay the same, what can be different between an occasional massage versus a regular massage is that in most cases the therapist can achieve greater results when seeing you weekly, bi-weekly or even at least monthly. When a person goes longer than a month, the body starts to adjustments that compensates for bad posture, repetitive activities or other things that it makes on a daily basis. So, if you are at a desk for 90% of your work week, you will tend to have neck, shoulder, lower back and forearm pain or discomfort. Doing the same repetitive motions over and over again can cause pain and adhesions (or knots as we so fondly refer to them). When you see your therapist more often, they are able to maintain you rather than try and play catch up. It takes a long time to build up adhesions (knots) in the muscles, so its going to take time to get rid of them

So treat your body right, and go get a massage! See how much better you’ll feel when you get regular massages.

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