THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE THERAPY
There are tremendous benefits to be achieved through regular massage therapy treatments from a Registered Massage Therapist. Whether your need is to have a moment of relaxation, reduce muscle tension or attain relief from chronic pain, a therapeutic massage can enhance your overall sense of emotional and physical well-being as well as your quality of life.
Massage therapy benefits people of all ages. While it benefits the injured, the ill and the stressed, the strength of massage therapy in preventing illness and conditions before they develop cannot be overlooked. Massage therapy can be used in the treatment of both acute and chronic stages of conditions.
Physical Benefits of Therapeutic Massage
- Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation
- Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness
- Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy
- Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling; reduces formation of excessive scar tissue
- Reduces muscle spasms
- 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
- Strengthens the immune system
- Treats musculoskeletal problems
- Rehabilitation post operative
- Rehabilitation after injury
Mental Benefits of Massage Therapy
- Fosters peace of mind
- Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness
- Helps relieve mental stress
- Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately
- Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity
- Emotional Benefits
- Satisfies needs for caring nurturing touch
- Fosters a feeling of well-being
- Reduces levels of anxiety
- Creates body awareness
- Increases awareness of mind-body connection
HEALTH CONCERNS TREATED
The following is a list of conditions for which massage therapy, when provided by a Registered Massage Therapist, can prove beneficial:
| Anxiety and depression |
Asthma and Emphysema |
| Back, leg, and neck pain |
Cancer |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome (repetitive strain) |
Chronic Fatigue syndrome |
| Dislocations |
Fibromyalgia |
| Fractures and edema |
Gastrointestinal disorders |
| Headaches |
Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and bursitis |
| Insomnia |
Kyphosis and Scoliosis |
| Multiple sclerosis |
Parkinson's disease |
| Muscle tension and spasm |
Palliative care |
| Post-surgical rehabilitation |
Pregnancy and labour support |
| Sports injuries |
Strains and sprains |
| Stress and stress related conditions |
Stroke |
| Tendinitis |
Whiplash |