According to experts, stress is responsible for up to 90% of diseases, and it can age us both internally and externally. However, massage is a helpful tool for managing stress, which can lead to a range of benefits, including:
- Reduced anxiety
- Improved sleep quality
- Increased energy
- Enhanced concentration
- Improved circulation
- Reduced fatigue
Moreover, massage can help manage various health issues, such as:
- Alleviating low-back pain and improving range of motion
- Assisting with shorter and easier labor for expectant mothers, and shortening maternity hospital stays
- Easing medication dependence
- Enhancing immunity by stimulating lymph flow, which is the body's natural defense system
- Exercising and stretching weak, tight, or atrophied muscles
- Helping athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts
- Improving the condition of the skin
- Increasing joint flexibility
- Lessening depression and anxiety
- Promoting tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks
- Pumping oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation
- Reducing postsurgery adhesions and swelling
- Reducing spasms and cramping
- Relaxing and softening injured, tired, and overused muscles
- Releasing endorphins, which are amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller
- Relieving migraine pain.