Why Massage?
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It's an investment in your health & well being. A healthy body is dynamic, efficient, adaptable, and most of all, in balance!
Massage helps you:
Massage helps you:
- manage pain & stress
- restore balance (physically, mentally, and emotionally)
- improve your range of motion
- boost your immune system function
- improve focus & attention by reducing stress
- promote overall healing
- bring deeper, more restorative sleep
- relax
- live well
Try it out and see for you yourself!
How does it work?
On many levels and all of your body systems to promote health and well-being!
There are different massage techniques for different health goals.
Some techniques physically move and stretch the muscles and soft tissue of the body and stimulate blood flow to those areas. This frees up restrictions, relieves tension and improves joint mobility. Pressure soothes the nervous system and promotes overall relaxation.
Massage also balances the levels of our hormones. Hormones are your body's messengers. They travel through the blood, telling every cell, tissue, organ, and organ system what to do and when, so everything works together smoothly. Stress alters this balance, and if we are out of balance for too long, we can experience many different health problems as a result.
Studies from the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine show that having a massage reduces the stress hormone cortisol. At the same time, levels of the "feel good" and stress-reversing hormones serotonin and dopamine increase, helping your body return to and maintain balance.
For more information about the health benefits of massage therapy, click this link for the Touch Research Institute's website.
There are different massage techniques for different health goals.
Some techniques physically move and stretch the muscles and soft tissue of the body and stimulate blood flow to those areas. This frees up restrictions, relieves tension and improves joint mobility. Pressure soothes the nervous system and promotes overall relaxation.
Massage also balances the levels of our hormones. Hormones are your body's messengers. They travel through the blood, telling every cell, tissue, organ, and organ system what to do and when, so everything works together smoothly. Stress alters this balance, and if we are out of balance for too long, we can experience many different health problems as a result.
Studies from the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine show that having a massage reduces the stress hormone cortisol. At the same time, levels of the "feel good" and stress-reversing hormones serotonin and dopamine increase, helping your body return to and maintain balance.
For more information about the health benefits of massage therapy, click this link for the Touch Research Institute's website.