THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
- enhance tissue repair
- improve connective tissue health
- stimulate sensory receptors in skin
- increase superficial circulation
- remove dead skin
- facilitate healthy scar formation
- promote good joint function
- promote optimal joint flexibility and range of motion
- promote proper skeletal alignment
- "milk" metabolic wastes into venous and lymph flow
- promote specific and general muscle relaxation
- relieve myofascial trigger points
- release myofascial adhesions
- stimulate parasympathetic nervous system (i.e. relaxation response)
- reduce pain
- enhance body awareness
- release of endorphins
- increase general and local circulation
- enhance venous return
- reduce blood pressure and heart rate
- increase red blood cells in circulation
- increase lymph fluid movement
- improve immune function via stress reduction
- encourage diaphragmatic breathing
- relax muscles of respiration
- promotes good structural alignment and rib cage expansion
- digestion improved with relaxation
- enhances circulation to kidneys
- reproductive function improved with relaxation
- improve growth and development in infants
- relieve muscle pain from tension and poor circulation
- deactivate myofascial trigger points
- trigger complete relaxation response
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
- increase mental clarity
- reduce anxiety
- facilitate emotional release
- promote feelings of general well-being
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