A massage for stress-relieve, even if administered by yourself will go great lengths to alleviating stress, which is the number one cause of stiff and sore neck muscles, painful shoulders and backache. Stress is the leading cause of palpitations, hyperventilation, increased blood pressure and various types of headaches. The Hellerwork massage is often used as a preventative massage for stress.

Over more than 120 years, massage for stress has been proven to aid mind, soul and body by creating a peaceful and calm sense of well-being and relieving the tension that builds up daily.

Whilst massage decreases hyperventilation and anxiety, immune enhancing white blood cells are increased. Therapeutic massage has been found to relieve pain and anxiety in cancer patients at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.

Depression in mothers who have recently lost a child to death was helped by therapeutic massage, according to the University of South Carolina. It was established that patients of abdominal surgery recovered quicker with the help of massage and HIV-exposed infants gained weight faster with therapeutic massage.

There are many benefits of massage for stress. It helps to decrease blood pressure and heart rate in hypertension sufferers and alleviating migraines. It also helps to improve alertness and improved performance.

Whilst massage cannot enhance muscle strength, it can certainly arouse frail dormant muscles and also balance out the lack of activity due to infirmity or injury. Massage also speeds up recovery after a touch training session or sports injury.

Research on autistic children proved that massages helped them behave less erratically. Premature babies benefited from massage and gained weight more quickly. Burn patients experienced less pain, itching, tension and anxiety when they were massaged.

Office workers who received massage for stress reported better performance, less stress and higher alertness. Doctors report that stress is the cause of up to 90% of ailments that bring people into the physician’s office. People miss the old school touch of a caring doctor or nurse.

The physical benefits of a good therapeutic massage include: stress relieve, muscle relaxation, healing of injured muscles, flexibility of joints, easier and deeper breathing, improved posture, reduced eye-strain and reduced blood pressure.

Massage therapy offers many mental benefits that include peace of mind, mental alertness and increases the mind-body awareness.

You can give yourself a foot massage. Start by relaxing your entire body by soaking your feet in a nice hot bath of hot water. A foot spa can also be used. You can add a drop of peppermint oil with antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties to improve circulation. Take deep, slow breathes and focus on something that makes you feel good. When the 20 minutes are up, dry your feet thoroughly in a soft warm towel. Start the massage by working the calf muscles with squeezing motions. Rotate the ankles five times to the right and five times to the left to relieve stiffness in the joints. Gently stroke the anklebones. A press-release action used all over the surface and on the thumb pads will improve circulation and aid relaxation.

Massage therapy is beneficial in particular to those who have suffered sickness, injury or trauma, whilst massage for stress should be part of the daily regime for everyone.

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