Benefits and Effects of Massage
Short term effects:
• Relieves stress and tension, factors that are known to hinder healing
or slow it down, and cause problems of their own.
• Reduced muscle tension, thereby improving the blood supply to an area
• Increased
muscle tone •Increased blood flow,
both in the area being massaged and generally.
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Increased lymphatic flow to and from the area treated, reducing pain,
swelling and inflammation and speeding up the body’s own
healing process.
Long term effects:
• Improved general circulation.
• Balance of the muscles and joints, leading to a better state of health.
• Breaking down of scar or fibrous tissue, restoring elasticity to the
joints.
• Greater mobility within the joints of the body.
• Overall relief of stress.
• Greater immunity to further injuries of the same area.
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