Benefits of massage
Massage has short term and long term benefits on both your physiological self and psychological self
Physiological
Sports massage:
- Can improve flexibility
- Can help enhance performance
- Reduces the risk of injury
- Can reduce muscular tension
- Aids recovery time
- Reduces the risk of repetitive strains
- Breaks down scar tissue
- Improves circulation and lymphatic flow
- Assists in the removal of metabolic waste
- Can sedate or stimulate nerve endings
- Can assist in mental preparation for a sporting event
In general massage can:
- Relieve muscle stiffness and fatigue
- Relieve tired and stiff joints
- Improve skin tone and colour by aiding desquamation (the process of removing dead skin cells)
- Encourage better circulation
- Aid lymph drainage, reducing swelling
- Sedate or stimulate the nervous system
- Encourage deeper and relaxed breathing
- Speed up the process of digestion
- Encourage sleep
- Improve muscle suppleness
- Improve circulation
- Boost your immunity
- Improve skin elasticity
- Relieve insomnia
- Lower high blood pressure
- Balance the digestive system (did you know that stress causes your digestive system to slow down considerably)
Psychological
massage can:
- Relax your body, releasing tension and the effects of stress
- Relax your mind, reducing anxiety
- Promote a sense of wellbeing and self esteem
- Increase your energy levels
What can massage help treat?
Massage can benefit both physiological and psychological conditions
Physiological
- Headaches
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Sciatica
- Constipation
- Postural problems
- Tennis Elbow
- Muscle Strain
- and many more...
Psychological
- Stress
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Insomnia/ sleeping problems
With each treatment I feel straighter and the sense of having muscles in balance is returning as I work through the homework exercises.
- Chris, Belmont