Improved Circulation Both blood and lymphatic circulation can be improved by massage treatment. These two circulatory systems work side by side in our bodies. Blood blood circulation brings fresh blood to our tissues and cells, bathing them in nutrients and oxygen, while lymphatic flow eliminates impurities and excess carbon dioxide from physical organs. In this method the body is reinforced and the body immune system is provided a boost.

Breaking down of knots and scar tissue

Our muscle fibres become twisted and knotted as a result of day-to-day use, especially for those people in office jobs that provide restricted motion or scope for stretching. Psychological stress is another aspect that can be expressed in muscular tension. Massage treatment will stretch out these tight muscles, making sure optimum muscular function and range of movement. In addition scar tissue and muscle knots that have built up with time in the muscle fibres can be broken down, minimizing pain and tension and helping to prevent injury.

Reduced headaches and eyestrain

Both tension headaches and the eye strain can be produced or worsened by stress in the muscles of the head, shoulder and neck area. Massage therapy can resolve this stress and so lower both headaches and eyestrain as a result.

Massage therapy has a range of psychological and psychological advantages too. In general it:

• enhances your sense of basic well being
• promotes relaxation
• relieves stress and anxiety, tension and stress
• helps ease sleeping disorders
• helps ease anxiety
• reenergises and stimulates both mind and body

The large bulk of people can benefit from massage treatment, there are a range of conditions that may imply it is not a suitable treatment. Such conditions can consist of heart disease, hypertension, rheumatism and others. Any competent massage therapist will ask you to fill out a medical questionnaire on your first check out to check for the existence of these conditions, and you ought to be suspicious of any therapist who does not ask.

But even if you have a possible contraindication, do not let this put you off going to a preliminary consultation, as every case ought to be judged on an individual basis. The fact is that most people will discover a session of massage treatment (and even much better, a routine course) to be both a pleasant and advantageous experience. Go on, ruin yourself!