After decades of being equated as hedonistic exercise for the pampered and bored or even worse, a wink-and-nod cover for prostitution, one of the world's oldest health care treatments is out of the parlor and it's finding enormous popularity among millions of Americans.
Massage therapy provides relief to people from all walks of life. The weekend athelete, the home gardener, the over-stressed executive, secretaries, waitresses, laborers, virtually any active person can feel a need for massage therapy.
Numerous research studies conducted in the the United States, Europe, and Asia have documented that far beyond simply "feeling good," massage therapy has an impressive range of physical, mental, and emotional benefits, including:
- Physically relaxes the body
- Calms the nervous system
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces heart rate
- Slows respiration
- Loosens tight muscles
- Stretches connective tissues
- Reduces chronic pain
- Improves skin tone
- Increases blood and lymph circulation
- Speeds the removal of metabolic waste
- Increases red blood cell counts
- Relieves tired & aching muscles
- Stimulates the release of endorphins
- Improves muscle tone
- Relieves cramps and muscle spasms
- Increases flexibility and range of motion
- Promotes deeper more effective breathing
- Speeds recovery from injuries and illness
- Strengthens immune system
- Reduces swelling
- Reduces scarring
- Improves posture
- Reduces tension headaches
- Increases tissue metabolism
- Decreases muscle deterioration
