| For a very long time, massage therapy has been | | | | generally referred to as reflexology. |
| around. Ancient cultures in China, Egypt, India, | | | | For a long time, massage therapy was on the |
| Greece and Rome used massage as part of their | | | | fringes of conventional medicine, but the efficacity |
| medical and health procedures. | | | | of massage is generally accepted by modern |
| Massage has been used to treat all kinds of | | | | medical experts. In fact, more than 70% of |
| medical conditions and disorders. Massage can be | | | | American hospitals now offer massage therapy |
| used to treat stress and can help you relax. Most | | | | as a part of their treatments. |
| of the time it gives a feeling of well being. | | | | What do hospitals use massage therapy for? |
| Massage therapy works to help different aspects | | | | They use it in the treatment of chronic pain |
| of the physical system - the muscular, nervous, | | | | symptoms, in cancer cases, pregnancy, infant |
| circulatory and immune systems. | | | | care, joint and muscle mobility, stress |
| Quite apart from the undoubted physical benefits | | | | management and many other symptoms and |
| of massage therapy, much of the benefit is | | | | disorders. |
| psychological; it has to do with the feel-good | | | | According to new research massage therapy |
| factor of intimate contact with another human | | | | helps to boost the immune system, manage pain |
| being. | | | | and lower blood pressure. |
| One of the ultimate forms of stress relief is a full | | | | Massage therapies can be used to aid people who |
| body massage. A lot of persons who had a full | | | | are going through drug and alcohol withdrawal |
| body massage cannot stop telling people how | | | | cure. Massage therapy can also be associated to |
| amazing they felt afterwards. Booking another full | | | | other therapies to strengthen their effects - e.g. |
| body massage is the first thing that someone | | | | aromatherapy, reflexology, acupressure and reiki. |
| usually does after experiencing his or her first full | | | | To see massage therapy going from the |
| body massage. People who've experienced a full | | | | alternative medicine field to the mainstream |
| body massage all agree that they feel they've | | | | means that a lot of persons can now experience |
| managed to attain total relaxation for the first | | | | the benefits of this very versatile form of |
| time in their lives. | | | | treatment and therapy. So if you want to get the |
| Massage can also be used on specific or individual | | | | benefits of massage therapy you have to do the |
| parts of the body. The foot is one of the main | | | | first step. Get in touch with someone that does |
| individual body parts that can be obtained through | | | | massages and find out first hand all the |
| a specialist form of massages. Foot massage is | | | | advantages. |