| Massage for stress must be done daily, even if | | | | massages helped them behave less erratically. |
| you don't feel particularly stress. Stress can lead | | | | Premature babies benefited from massage and |
| to tense muscles in the neck, shoulders and back | | | | gained weight more quickly. Burn patients |
| leading to headaches and other symptoms | | | | experienced less pain, itching, tension and anxiety |
| including palpitations and raised blood pressure. The | | | | when they were massaged. |
| Hellerwork massage is a self-massage that works | | | | Office workers who received massage for stress |
| very well as a preventative measure. | | | | reported better performance, less stress and |
| Research of the benefits of stress reducing | | | | higher alertness. Doctors report that stress is the |
| massage has been ongoing for over 120 years | | | | cause of up to 90% of ailments that bring people |
| and proven that a good massage relaxes the | | | | into the physician's office. People miss the old |
| mind, the body and soul by providing a feeling of | | | | school touch of a caring doctor or nurse. |
| peace and quiet, away from the tension of | | | | The physical benefits of a good therapeutic |
| day-to-day pressures. | | | | massage include: stress relieve, muscle relaxation, |
| It has also been found that massage decreases | | | | healing of injured muscles, flexibility of joints, |
| anxiety and respiratory rates and also help to | | | | easier and deeper breathing, improved posture, |
| increase white blood cells. Hence, massage | | | | reduced eye-strain and reduced blood pressure. |
| benefits the immune system. Results from the | | | | Massage therapy offers many mental benefits |
| James Cancer Hospital & Research Institute found | | | | that include peace of mind, mental alertness and |
| that cancer patients experienced less anxiety and | | | | increases the mind-body awareness. |
| pain after they received a therapeutic massage. | | | | Nothing beats a foot massage for stress. Try this |
| The University of South Carolina found that | | | | yourself by relaxing your foot completely and |
| therapeutic massage helped women who | | | | then soaking both feet in a foot spa or bath of |
| experienced the loss of a child were not as | | | | hot water. Add a drop of peppermint oil, which |
| depressed. Massage also helps to improve weight | | | | benefits the circulation and also boasts |
| gain in infants that are HIV-exposed and is also | | | | anti-inflammatory as well as antiseptic properties. |
| beneficial to the recovery of abdominal surgery | | | | Relax your body completely by taking deep slow |
| patients. | | | | breathes and closing your eyes, letting no |
| There are many benefits of massage for stress. | | | | negative thoughts or anxiety seep in. After 20 |
| It helps to decrease blood pressure and heart | | | | minutes, dry the feet in a soft towel. Gently |
| rate in hypertension sufferers and alleviating | | | | squeeze the muscles of the calves to relieve |
| migraines. It also helps to improve alertness and | | | | muscle stiffness and rotate the ankles five times |
| improved performance. | | | | and stroke the anklebones gently with your |
| Whilst massage cannot enhance muscle strength, | | | | fingers. Work all the thumb pads using a |
| it can certainly arouse frail dormant muscles and | | | | press-release motion all over the surface of the |
| also balance out the lack of activity due to | | | | foot. |
| infirmity or injury. Massage also speeds up | | | | Massage therapy is beneficial in particular to those |
| recovery after a tough training session or sports | | | | who have suffered sickness, injury or trauma, |
| injury. | | | | whilst massage for stress should be part of the |
| Research on autistic children proved that | | | | daily regime for everyone. |