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| Massage Benefits | Massage has a lot of benefits:
1) It can lessen muscle tension. In massage the muscles throughout the body are involved leading to their loosening contracting, shortening and hardening. It excellently stimulates weak and flaccid muscles. Chronic muscle tension lessens the circulation of the blood and movement of lymph in an area.
2) It provides better blood circulation. Massage can make the oxygen capacity of the blood 10-15% more. By Indirect or direct stimulation of nerves supplying internal organs, blood vessels of these organs can dilate and provide better blood supply to them.
3) It provides better lymph movement. Lymph is a liquid of a milky white color that drains impurities and wastes away from the tissue cells toxins which are the by-products of metabolism. The function of lymph is very necessary. Muscular contraction causes a pumping effect that provides the movement of lymph. Lymph moves thanks to massage and exercise.
4) It is helpful for increasing mobility and range of motion of joints. During the massage there is a gentle stretching of both the muscles and connective tissues that surround and support the muscles and many other parts of the body, which helps keep these tissues elastic.
5) It can excellently stimulate and sooth nervous system with balancing the nervous system. You should choose what effect you want to achieve.
6) It enhances skin condition. It encourages the work of the body's secretions and excretions, the function of the sebaceous and sweat glands that help the skin to be lubricated, clean, and cool.
7) It provides better digestion and intestinal function. It provides the production of gastric juices, saliva, and urine. After the massage nitrogen, inorganic phosphorus, and salt excrete in a bigger amount. It also leads to the increased metabolic rate.
8) It helps to get rid of sharp and chronic pain. It quickens recovery from insignificant aches and pains and helps to get rid of the fatigue.
9) It is very beneficial for the internal organs and the immune system.
10) It lessens swelling.
11) It lessens stress, anxiety and respiratory rates.
12) It helps to achieve general relaxation.
13) It helps to improve physical health and the quality of life.
14) It provides the increase of white blood cells and natural killer cell activity providing better work of the immune system.
15) Therapeutic massage performed on cancer patients increases their pain and anxiety.
16) Therapeutic massage helps women who have recently lost a child to get rid of depression.
17) It improves weight gain in HIV-exposed infants and quickens recovery in patients who underwent abdominal surgery.
18) It lessens hypertension, pain in migraine sufferers and improves alertness and performance in office workers.
19) It lessens heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment).
20) It is good for stimulation of weak and inactive muscles that’s why it is good when there is insignificant physical activity caused by the way of life or illness or injury.
21) It provides a more complete recovery from exercise or injury.
22) Frequent massage of office workers help them to get rid of alertness and stress.
23) It lessens anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and itching in burn patients.
24) It provides quicker recovering of abdominal surgery patients.
25) It provides obtaining more weight among premature infants.
26) It lessens erratic behavior of autistic children.
It was proved that massage helps both physically and mentally.
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