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April 24, 2004
Is Massage A Luxury?
Camden's Village Soup answers that with an outline of the benefits of regular massage to the bodies systems.
It’s been written that massage is to the human body what a tune-up is to a car.
The immediate and direct effect of the rhythmically applied manual pressure used in massage therapy is a dramatic increase in blood flow. If good circulation is so important to our health, it’s easy to understand why massage is beneficial for this reason alone.
Massage can also cause changes in blood by increasing the oxygen capacity by up to 15%. Muscles throughout the body are affected by loosening the contracted, shortened muscles while stimulating the weaker ones.
Stress, whether physical or emotional, translates into a chemical reaction in our bodies. Massage serves to calm our nervous system.
They also list many other ailments that massage can benefit.
Posted by linda at April 24, 2004 11:26 AM
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