Research has verified that office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren't massaged; that massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients; that abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage; that premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than those who weren't and that autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy.

"Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80-and-90 percent of the ailments that bring people to family-practice physicians.   What they require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care.   That does not exist in modern medicine.

One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don't touch their patients any more. Touch just isn't there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage.   Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians.   They're writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they're doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more.

Physical, Mental & Emotional Benefits of Massage 

• Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation  
• Fosters peace of mind 
• Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness  
• Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness 
• Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy  
• Helps relieve mental stress 
• Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments
• Reduces pain and swelling
• Reduces formation of excessive scar tissue  
• Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately 
• Reduces muscle spasms  
• Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity 
• Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion  
• Enhances athletic performance
• Treats injuries caused during sport or work  
• Promotes deeper and easier breathing  
• Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids  
• Reduces blood pressure  
• Helps relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eye-strain  
• Enhances the health and nourishment of skin   
• Improves posture  
• Satisfies needs for caring nurturing touch 
• Strengthens the immune system  
• Fosters a feeling of well-being 
• Treats musculoskeletal problems  
• Reduces levels of anxiety 
• Rehabilitation post operative  
• Creates body awareness 
• Rehabilitation after injury  
• Increases awareness of mind-body connection 

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