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Have you heard? The health benefits of massage have been known for thousands of years!

Massage also calls up the body’s natural painkillers.
It stimulates the release of endorphins, the morphine-like substances that the body manufactures, into the brain and nervous system.

Massage provides deep relaxation. It relieves muscle tension, spasm, and stiffness. All of these contribute to pain. Experts suggest that tense muscles are usually deprived of oxygen, because the tightness reduces blood circulation to the area. Massage improves blood circulation, bringing with it what the muscle needs-oxygen and other forms of nourishment. The muscle then relaxes, and pain decreases.

What Types of Pain Can Massage Help?
Massage can help any pain originating from muscle tension: example – head, back, neck, and shoulder pain are all can benefit from massage. Releasing tightness and tension in muscles is the most obvious effect of a good massage. Massage also is beneficial for relieving pain associated with arthritis, injuries, or even recent surgery.

Massage before giving birth and surgery showed a significant decrease in anxiety and respiratory rates, as well as a significant increase in white blood cells and natural killer cell activity, suggesting a benefit to the immune system. Women who had experienced post depression or death of a child were less depressed after receiving therapeutic massage, according to preliminary results of a study at the University of South Carolina.

Massage and Cancer

More than 1.4 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year, and 565,000 die from it, according to the American Cancer Society.

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For pain control, some patients and health professionals are turning to massage, which may lead to relaxation, improve circulation, release endorphins and decrease inflammation and swelling. Preliminary results suggested cancer patients have less pain and anxiety after receiving therapeutic massage at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio.

Researchers from the University of Colorado in Denver tracked 380 patients who were feeling moderate to severe pain, treating them with either therapeutic, Swedish massage or simple touches. Patients getting six episodes of 30 to 60 minute massages or touches experienced immediate improvement in pain and mood each time. The study results also found there was no danger or damage from the massages or simple touches, While massages should only be done by those with professional training, others shouldn’t be afraid to reach out.

“We shouldn’t overlook the value of the human touch itself.”

An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury.

Research has verified that:

• Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less stressed than those who weren’t massaged.
• Massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients.
• Abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage.
• Premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than those who weren’t.
• Autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy.

According AMTA, massage helps both physically and mentally.