Benefits of Massage

General –

• Massage makes good and feeling pleasurable experience.
• Massage restores stress, tension and anxiety levels.
• Massage calms the nervous system and has produces equilibrium.
• Massage relaxes, focuses and clears your mind.
• Massage boosts self-esteem and a general feeling of well being.

• Massage restores self-awareness.

Muscular system

• Massage relaxes muscles, effectively reducing spasms, tension and cramping.
• Massage reduces and breaks down adhesions (knots) and fibrosis.
• Massage helps to re-establish proper muscular tone.
• Massage relieves muscle and soft tissue pain.
• Massage increases the vascularity and nutrition to various muscles.
• Massage helps muscles recover more quickly from exertion and fatigue.
• Massage supports increased work capacity and encourages your metabolism.
• Massage helps to wasting from injury and paralysis

Skeletal system

• Massage reduces joint strain and compression through releasing tight muscles and tendons.
• Massage increases the ease and efficiency of your movements.
• Massage helps to increase the retention of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur in the bones and this aids in fracture healing.
• Massage improves the circulation and nutrition of the joints and helps increase range of joint movement.

Circulatory system

• Massage enhances the elimination of the waste products of metabolism.
• Massage helps to reduce any swelling and contusions.
• Massage increases the number of red blood cells in circulation.
• Massage has the overall effect of lowering your blood pressure and reduces pulse rate.
• Massage facilitates tissue healing through the enhancement of circulation.
• Massage increases tissue fluid and assists lymphatic circulation thus reducing swelling and enhancing the immune and filtering activities of this system.
• Massage increases both venous and lymphatic flow
• Massage increases the nutrition of the tissues via an increased exchange of fluids and materials.
• Massage, via the mechanical actions on the soft tissues, produces a dilation of the blood vessels, which helps to improve circulation.
• Massage helps to reduce the lack of blood and by direct pressure and stimulation reduces pain due to the irritation of nerves that control circulatory system.

Nervous system

• Massage relaxes the muscles.
• It helps to re-establish proper tonus through its effect on the neuromuscular reflex pathways.
• Massage is known to affect the neurotransmitters of the brain and increase endorphin secretion in particular by means of natural painkillers.
• Massage can help reduce nerve entrapment through the release of soft tissue or muscular binding.
• Massage can reduce nerve root compression caused by muscular tension
• Massage can have a sedative, stimulating or even exhausting effect on the nervous system depending on the type and length of treatment given.

Excretory system

• Massage can facilitate elimination through the large intestines by mechanically stimulating peristalsis and improving tone.
• Massage stimulates peristalsis and can reduce cramping or spasm in the digestive tract.
• Massage aides the normal movement throughout alimentary canal assisting with many dysfunctions through its stress releasing effects.
• Massage increases the excretion of fluids and waste products from protein metabolism, inorganic phosphorous and salt in normal individuals.

Skin

• Massage helps to reduce tension in the skin and adjoining tissues as well as increasing its circulation and improve its nutrition.
• Massage depending on the medium used to apply it can help to re-moisturize, and soften dry skin.
• Massage can help with some skin conditions like eczema.

Respiratory system

• Massage deepens and normalizes the breathing pattern.
• Massage can help to relieve congestion from respiratory organs like lungs through percussive and compressive movements.
• Massage increases the action of the heart, stimulating the blood flow to different organs and peripheral vascular system, helping with the elimination of waste and the absorption of oxygen.

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