Massage Therapy Benefits
Who benefits? The question is who doesn’t?
In fact there are very few instances where therapeutic massage does not provide some form of relief.
People of all ages with all types of different conditions can, and do, benefit from massage treatments, and most of them will experience improvement in their condition during their initial visit.
Certain conditions do have specific contra-indications but these can all be modified to provide a safe and effective outcome. For example, certain massage techniques are ill-advised as courses of treatment in cases such as recent burns, severe/unstable hypertension, and post-injection sites amongst various others.
General benefits include:
- speedy recovery from injury
- a diminishing of chronic pain
- a reduction of tension headaches
- general relaxation
- an increase in flexibility and range of motion
- a calming of the nervous system
- strengthening of the immune system
- promotes healthy skin
- improvement in quality of sleep
See Conditions for more information.