Benefits of Massage Therapy

• Massage brings a relaxed, refreshed, and invigorated feeling to clients
• Massage has direct psychological and physiological benefits
• Physically…massage increases metabolism, hastens healing, relaxes and refreshes the muscles, and improves the functions of the lymphatic system
• Psychologically...massage relieves fatigue, reduces tension and anxiety, calms the nervous system, and promotes a sense of relaxation and renewed energy

• Massage helps to prevent and relieve muscle cramps and spasms
• Massage improves circulation of blood and lymph, thereby improving the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the cells as it enhances the removal of metabolic wastes
• Massage is effective in pain management in conditions such as arthritis, neuritis, neuralgia, labor and delivery, whiplash, muscular lesions, sciatica, headache, muscle spasms, and many other conditions
• Massage helps prevent and relieve stiffness and soreness of muscles
• Massage helps to prevent and reduce the development of adhesions and excessive scarring following trauma
• Massage generally relieves headache and eyestrain, muscular spasms and pain in joints
• Circulation is improved, thus improving delivery of nutrients to and removal of wastes from the tissues
• Digestion, assimilation, and elimination are often improved
• Clients will often experience a renewed sense of confidence and control through massage therapy
• Pregnancy Massage is beneficial for a normal, healthy pregnancy
• Pregnancy Massage can be beneficial in promoting relaxation, soothing nerves, and relieving strained back and leg muscles
• Pregnancy Massage also tends to instill a feeling of well-being to both the mother and the unborn child