What is massage therapy?

Massage therapy is manual manipulation of soft body tissues of the body, such as, muscles, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments to enhance a person's health and well-being. There are various types of massage therapy techniques/methods/modalities.

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Benefits of massage

The benefits of massage therapy are more than just relaxation. Historically it has been found that massage therapy carries various medical benefits such as: 

• Reduce muscle tension

• Relieve stress

• Manage low-back pain

• Reduce anxiety

• Relieve tension headaches

• Better sleep

• Relieve postoperative pain

• Enhance exercise performance

• Help fibromyalgia pain

• Decreases frequency of migraine

• Decrease migraine frequency

• Improve quality of life in hospice care

• Increase range of motion

• Lessons the symptoms of depression

• Chronic neck and back pain

• Lower joint replacement pain

• Decrease symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Lower blood pressure

• Improve balance in older adults

• Decrease stress in cancer patients

• Reduce pain of osteoarthritis

• Improve cardiovascular health

In addition, massage therapy promotes the release of the toxins that built-up in the body, which can cause numerous health problems.