Useful for all the conditions listed below and more, massage can:

 

• Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.

• Assist with shorter, easier labor for expected mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.

• Ease medication dependence.

• Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow-the body's natural defense system.

• Exercise and stretch weak, tight or atrophied muscles.

• Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.

• Improve the condition of the body's largest organ-the skin.

• Increase joint flexibility.

• Lessen depression and anxiety.

• Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.

• Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.

• Reduce spasms and cramping.

• Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.

• Release endorphins-amino acids that work as body's natural painkiller.

• Relieve migraine pain.

• Enhance sleep quality.

• Increase energy.

• Reduced fatigue.

 

Profound Effects:

 

In response to massage, specific physiological and chemical changes cascade throughout the body, with profound effects.  Research shows that massage:

• Arthritis sufferers note fewer aches and less stiffness and pain.

• Asthmatic children show better pulmonary function and increased peak air flow.

• Burn injury patients report reduced pain, itching, and anxiety.

• High blood pressure patients demonstrate lower diastolic blood pressure, anxiety, and stress hormones.

• Premenstrual syndrome suffers have decreased water retention and cramping.

• Preterm infants have improved weight gain.