Healing with Massage

Massage therapy can help you sleep better, improve circulation and strengthen your immune system.

© Brenda Lane

Oct 31, 2006
by Deborah Brothers, LMT, CD
Woman in a massage chair, Dennis Taufenbach
Not just for pregnancy, massage therapy can be beneficial for men as well as women in many health situations. Read on to find out how you can benefit from massage.

  • Do your fingers and hand get numb?
  • Do you have a radiating pain down your arm?
  • Does your sciatica bother you? Are you having back and hip pain?
  • How is your posture?
  • Are you going to have an operation, are feeling scared and feel stressed over it?
  • Are you a doctor and about to perform a surgery and would like to make sure your mind is clear and your concentration is the best?
  • Have you been working long hours and need to take a rest and then head back to work?
  • Did you have a pre-term infant?
  • Is your pregnant belly very big, causing your back and hips to burt and your swelling feet and ankles are just too much?
These and so many more situations in life can be helped with massage therapy.

It can help in the healing process. With this great touch therapy, we can help you to reduce stress and the effects of stress, strengthen your immune system, help you to sleep better, increase blood circulation, and improve your concentration.

With massage treatments you can help to calm the nervous system. This will help you to relax when you are about to have an operation, take a test or even go to the dentist. Massage treatments helps to lower blood pressure, loosens tight muscles, stretches connective tissues and it helps to increase the blood and lymph circulation.

You will also find that massage will speed up the removal of toxins in your body with the assistance of drinking lots of water after your treatments.

If you are pregnant, massage treatments throughout your pregnancy benefits not only the mother, but the baby too. It will help to give strength to your body, while your body is growing with the precious life that is inside of you. Massage therapy will help to bring oxygen throughout your body and to the baby. Your legs will get stronger, and overall you will become healthier and this will get you ready for your wonderful birth experience. In somes cases, women report that they are so relaxed in late pregnancy, they believe massage therapy helped their labor to start!

There have been an enormous amounts of studies showing the benefits of massage in different aspects of life. So, why do people wait and have a massage treatment as the last resort to help them heal? Massage is great for relaxing, but, it also has many more benefits. We hope to get the word out, that massage should not be the last step to helping you feel better, but PART of your first one.

Remember to always take care of yourself, inside and out and you will be on your way to a healthier you!

You can contact Deborah Brothers, Owner of Step by Step Sports Rehab. & Massage Therapy by emailing your questions to MassageTherapyCC@aol.com

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