Benefits of Massage Therapy
The benefits of receiving a massage therapy treatment are many. The skin, muscular, skeletal, nervous, lymphatic, circulatory and respiratory systems can be stimulated or relaxed. Massage also assists the immune system by encouraging the body’s natural capability to heal itself.
Here are some examples:
• ease or reduce pain, restriction (joints) and aches
• relaxes muscle tension/fatigue and spasm
• helps reduce inflammation and oedema in joints and muscle tissue
• improves muscle tone and delays muscle atrophy from inactivity
• deep tissue massage can free up fascial fibers and help prevent adhesions
• helps clear muscles of lactic/uric acid that occurs with exercise
• speeds up lymph flow and accelerates elimination of cellular waste
• increases circulation and eases congestion in muscle tissue