Category: Massage
A recent study show a positive correlation in bone metabolism through acupuncture and massage. The reasearch, conducted by the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences is promising, showing another avenue where we can help prevent osteoporosis.
Physical contact may lessen depression, lower blood pressure, and even improve immunity according to an article on Oprah. The article reviewed a study by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center that looks at the links between touch and health.
Mother’s Day is only a month away! This year, give a mother in your life the gift of massage. We have so much gratitude for all the hard work, love and time that mothers everywhere give.
Don’t let stress put your health at risk! On CBS News, Rebecca Jarvis and Jeff Glor, speak with stress management expert James Porter about the harms of stress and what you can do to take charge of your health and reduce stress.
Mayo Clinic discusses the most popular types of massage and the benefits associated with Massage Therapy.
Part one discussed physical stress, a stress on the body that is visible in poor posture or in the form of an injury. In part two, we will cover emotional stress, which can be just as harmful to your body yet not visibly apparent like physical.
According to Dr. Ben Kim, emotional stress is one of the most significant challenges in achieving overall wellness. Below is a direct excerpt from Dr. Kim.
Because your body cannot defend itself against the damage that emotional stress quietly creates over time. Your body pays a heavy physiological price for every moment that you feel anxious, tense, frustrated, and angry.
I’m not suggesting that you should strive to never feel these emotions. Anxiety, tension, frustration, and anger all serve important purposes when they first arise. The danger is in experiencing these emotions on a chronic basis.
Emotional stress sets off a series of reactions in your body that involve yoursympathetic nervous system, the portion of your nervous system that would increase your chance of surviving if you were to run into a mountain lion during a hike. In such a situation, your sympathetic nervous system would:
- Speed up and intensify your heart and breathing rates, so that you could have more oxygen and nutrients available to your muscles to run or fight.
- Divert the bulk of your blood supply to your large muscles groups to run or fight.
- Slow or even shut down your digestive system so as to not waste blood, nutrients, and oxygen that could be used to run or fight.
- Stimulate the release of extra glucose into your blood to give you a burst of energy, just as a cheetah’s spleen gushes extra blood into its circulation when it needs a burst of acceleration.
- Cause your adrenal glands to release epinephrine and norepinephrine into your system to increase cardiac output and increase blood sugar.
- Stimulate the release of cortisol from your adrenal glands to increase blood sugar and energy.
- Increase the diameter of your pupils to allow for more light to enter your eyes and more acute vision for fighting and running quickly on any type of terrain.
Clearly, it is to your advantage to have a healthy sympathetic nervous system, one that is capable of providing all of the functions listed above during physical emergencies.
What you don’t want is for your body to experience all of the above on a continuous, low-grade level because of emotional stress.
And this is exactly what many of us are suffering from in today’s hectic world.
There’s really no need to provide a list of health conditions that are partly caused by emotional stress, because every health condition is partly caused by emotional stress. Emotional stress always equals increased output by the sympathetic nervous system, which always equals accelerated aging and breakdown of your tissues.
You can read the full article in its entirety here. Overall, emotional stress can be damaging to your wellness and health. However there are several ways to manage, mitigate and reduce emotional stress.
Purposeful relaxation or mediation, nourishing your body with proper nutrients, realigning your energy flow, as well as activities such as massage or exercise that promote the release of the feel good chemicals endorphins.
A 2010 survey conducted by the APA showed “that the majority of Americans are living with moderate or high levels of stress”.
Stress can present itself in one (or more) of three forms: Physical Stress, Emotional Stress, and/or Chemical Stress.
The first official weekend of spring is upon us. While massage can be beneficial for our bodies at any time of the year, a spring massage just seems like the perfect time to shake off the cobwebs of winter. Renew, rejuvenate, and refresh with a relaxing and invigorating massage this spring. Let your body and mind enter the season anew and awakened!
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Massage is an effective treatment for numerous issues, from neck pain to stress. Before opting for medications or pills, try the natural and indulgent approach of massage.
Can can massage fix for you? Take a peek at just a few examples below.
Neck pain
Ten neck massages over 10 weeks. Sound good? People with chronic neck pain reported a 55 percent improvement after this regimen, according to a 2009 study in the Clinical Journal of Pain. They even scored 39 percent better on the worst-sounding test ever, the Neck Disability Index. (It assesses the pain’s impact.)
Athletic performance
“Musculotendinous” massages target muscle-tendon junctions, and a 2010 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that even a 30-second round improved hip-flexor range of motion.
Stress
You don’t need a full-body rubdown to feel good. In a 2010 study from Sweden, one 80-minute hand-and-foot massage significantly lowered people’s heart rates, cortisol levels, and insulin levels—all of which help lower stress.
Need to lower stress? Schedule your massage today.
Depression
Take your pick: Swedish, shiatsu, and other massage types may ease depression, a 2010 meta-analysis in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry found. (How? Massages reduce stress hormone levels, heart rate, and blood pressure, and boost mood and relaxation by triggering the release of oxytocin and serotonin.
High blood pressure
A study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that after people with normal blood pressure had deep-tissue massage for 45 to 60 minutes, their BPs fell—specifically, by an average of 10.4 millimeters of mercury (mm/Hg) systolic, and 5.3 mm/Hg diastolic.
Lower-back pain
Back problems can be complex. One solution is simple: Common massage techniques can help you relax, and trigger an endorphin release that raises your threshold for pain. And that might help people with all sorts of lower-back pain, notes a 2009 meta-analysis in the journal Spine.
We all know that smoking, taking a detour through the drive-thru and downing margaritas are not habits that promote wellness and health. Now after a study by Australian Researchers your favorite pair of high heels may be added to that list.
Eating disorders are extremely prevalent in the United States. In fact, according to the National Eating Disorders Association, ”in the United States, as many as 10 million females and 1 million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Millions more are struggling with binge eating disorder.”
There are several treatment options, from cognitive therapy to medication. Research has even recently shown that massage has actually been proven to increase chances of recovery in individuals suffering from an eating disorder. In addition to other treatment, massage can be the needed factor to secure recovery.
Massage relaxes and releases stress in individuals that suffer from an eating disorder. The act of massage increases dopamine (a feel good neurotransmitter) and reduces cortisol (related to stress) according to studies by the Touch Research Institute. As a result, patients experience more satisfaction, less depression, and a greater body awareness.
If you or someone you know suffers from an eating disorder, NEDA is a wonderful tool for treatment and help.
Massage is definitely relaxing, but its benefits are numerous. The American Massage Therapy Association has actually found that many consumers are beginning to integrate massage therapy into their health maintenance routines. Massage therapy can increase overall wellness in a variety of forms. In fact, even conditions that are typically prescribed pills and medications, can actually be tackled with the healing therapy of touch.
Some examples of these conditions are blood pressure, migraine headaches, insomnia and stress. Massage has been proven to lower blood pressure, reduce migraine headaches, promote healthy sleep and release stress. It is incredible that massage is a proven (natural) treatment of these conditions.
In addition to the above, massage also enhances immunity, reduces back pain and has even been proved to reduce the symptoms of carpel tunnel syndrome. Even more miraculous, massage actually encourages the growth and development of premature babies.
Experts from WebMD recently listed massage therapy as one of the top remedies for stress relief, but their panel of experts were quick to point to research that shows massage therapy can be effective for a variety of conditions, including high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disorders, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, peptic ulcers, and poor immune function.
Like a fine bottle of wine that gets better over time, the same is true of massage therapists. The more experience and training a massage therapist has, the better the massage they give. Research proves that massage is effective for relieving aching muscles and there is nothing more relaxing than an 80-minute massage session with an experienced massage therapist. At our wellness center, you will know from the moment the massage therapist puts their hands on you that you are about to get a fantastic therapeutic massage.
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