Health Benefits
A massage therapy session with an experienced, skilled massage therapist can deliver multiple health rewards to you. In her article, "Massage: Your Key to Health" in a recent issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine, author Laurie Chance Smith shares the following:
"The healing power of touch, for both body and mind, has been recognized for millennia...Greek healer Hippocrates, often touted as the father of medicine, suggested Physicians become adept at "rubbing" their patients to increase health...
Larry Costa, author of Massage: Mind and Body writes "Massage has many physical and mental benefits, including relieving muscle soreness, increasing flexibility, easing chronic pain, reducing tension headaches, boosting the immune system, promoting restful sleep, and improving concentration."...by encouraging blood flow through the veins, massage assists the entire body. The calming effects of massage therapy on the nervous system often produce a sense of serenity and well being.
"The positive physiological and psychological effects of massage were demonstrated in a recent study of patients undergoing care for cancer. When given massage, study participants at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston exhibited increased relaxation, better sleep, along with relief from fatigue, pain, anxiety and nausea...
"In the Indian healing system of Ayruveda, massage is considered a form of whole body exercise that increases stamina and energy, while simutaneously delivering an inexpressible quality of stillness and joy - a time to be present. Bodywork realigns the entire body, promotes deeper and more natural breathing patterns, and helps restore individual resources of vital energy...
"From easing arthritis and asthma to improving digestion, the benefits of bodywork run the gamut. It helps relieve daily stressors and eases recovery from many serious illnesses...
"Regular bodywork is a gift to yourself. Through the power of structured healing touch, massage helps the body run smoothly, like keeping a musical instrument in perfect tune. It rejuvenates the body from the outside in, with side benefits that include improved complexion, better posture, and a relaxed disposition on life."
What else offers you so many health benefits in one relaxing package? Be sure to make your well being a priority and schedule your next massage soon! Call Philippa Dodson, Licensed Massage Therapist, (LMT), massage therapist since 1991, to make an appointment at 214-476-7213.