MASSAGE AND WELLNESS
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE can be defined as "the systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining health."
"Effects of massage techniques in general," writes Susan G. Salvo, "are increased circulation of blood and lymph, decreased pain and trigger point activity, decreased muscle soreness, increased range of motion, increased relaxation, decreased heart rate and blood pressure, decreased depression, and improved sleep." Massage can also reduce stress and anxiety, promoting a deep sense of well-being.
Massage can be an important part of a personal wellness and self-care routine.
The UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine right here in Pittsburgh includes this statement about massage on their website: "Massage therapy has the potential to influence the body in many ways. When a person begins to relax and release muscular tension, there is easier access to a meditative state, lowered levels of stress, decreased pain, and an increased feeling of well-being."
Research studies indicate that therapeutic massage can have the following beneficial physiological effects:
"Effects of massage techniques in general," writes Susan G. Salvo, "are increased circulation of blood and lymph, decreased pain and trigger point activity, decreased muscle soreness, increased range of motion, increased relaxation, decreased heart rate and blood pressure, decreased depression, and improved sleep." Massage can also reduce stress and anxiety, promoting a deep sense of well-being.
Massage can be an important part of a personal wellness and self-care routine.
The UPMC Center for Integrative Medicine right here in Pittsburgh includes this statement about massage on their website: "Massage therapy has the potential to influence the body in many ways. When a person begins to relax and release muscular tension, there is easier access to a meditative state, lowered levels of stress, decreased pain, and an increased feeling of well-being."
Research studies indicate that therapeutic massage can have the following beneficial physiological effects:
- Relieve stress
- Relieve postoperative pain
- Reduce anxiety
- Manage low-back pain
- Help fibromyalgia pain
- Reduce muscle tension
- Enhance exercise performance
- Relieve tension headaches
- Sleep better
- Ease symptoms of depression
- Improve cardiovascular health
- Reduce pain of osteoarthritis
- Decrease stress in cancer patients
- Improve balance in older adults
- Decrease rheumatoid arthritis pain
- Temper effects of dementia
- Promote relaxation
- Lower blood pressure
- Decrease symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Help chronic neck pain
- Lower joint replacement pain
- Increase range of motion
- Decrease migraine frequency
- Improve quality of life in hospice care
- Reduce chemotherapy-related nausea
To schedule your massage appointment -- especially if you are a first-time client --
please contact me directly at davidherndonmassage@gmail.com.
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please contact me directly at davidherndonmassage@gmail.com.
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