The Benefits of Massage

One great way to help relax yourself or heal yourself is with regular massage. The benefits of regular massage are endless. Since the majority of disease is stress related, massage can be a great addition to your regular health care routine.

- Relax tired and overused muscles
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body’s natural defense system.
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
- Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
- Lessen depression and anxiety.
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
- Decrease Migraines
- Help athletes muscles recover faster for better performance.
- Increase joint flexiblity.
- Improve the quality of sleep.
- Can help lower blood pressure.
- Pre-term babies have shown to gain more weight
- Pregnant mothers have shown to have easier shorter labors with regular massage before and during delivery.


Research continues to show the enormous benefits of touch—which range from treating chronic diseases, neurological disorders, and injuries, to alleviating the tensions of modern lifestyles. Consequently, the medical community is actively embracing bodywork, and massage is becoming an integral part of hospice care and neonatal intensive care units. Many hospitals are also incorporating on-site massage practitioners and even spas to treat postsurgery or pain patients as part of the recovery process


Budgeting time and money for bodywork at consistent intervals is truly an investment in your health. And remember: just because massage feels like a pampering treat doesn’t mean it is any less therapeutic. Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan, and work with your practitioner to establish a treatment schedule that best meets your needs