Benefits of Massage

Columbus Ohio Swedish and Sports Massage

Swedish Massage Benefits

What are Swedish Massage benefits? Massage therapy works wonders not only for relaxation, stress reduction and pain relief; massage therapy benefits all systems of the body.

Massage Therapy Benefits

• Massage enhances well being and body awareness
• Renewed sense of energy
• Increases mental alertness
• Relaxation may assist emotional expression and release
• Helps satisfy the need of human caring and nurturing touch.

Massage Benefits for all systems of the body:

Massage therapy affects Cardiovascular System:

• Improves circulation
• Lowers blood pressure
• Improves delivery and removal of blood product
• Red blood cells increase in number and oxygenating capacity
• Presence of white blood cells increase during massage resulting in body becoming more effective against disease
• Reduces lymphedema
• Reduces ischemia

Massage Therapy benefits Skin:

• Improves skin condition, texture and tone
• Helps reduce scars formations

Massage benefits for nervous and endocrine systems

• Can stimulate or soothe nervous system
• Decreases pain by increasing output of endorphin, enkephalin and other pain reducing neurochemicals
• Inhibits pain by interfering with pain receptors
• Relieves pain and referred pain from hypersensitive trigger poins
• Increases delta brain waves and decreases beta waves which results in better problem solving
• Promotes relaxation
• Decreases insomnia
• Improves sleep patterns
• Reduces stress hormones (norepinepherine and cortisole
• Stimulates the production of hormones including Human Growth Hormone
  Raised dopamine and serotonin levels lowers depression

Massage therapy benefits Muscular System

• Relieves muscular restrictions, tightness, stiffness, and spasm
• Mechanically stretches and broadens tissue
• Increases the amount of oxygen and nutrients available to muscles
• Promotes rapid waste disposal

Massage benefits for Respiration

• Loosens and discharges phlegm
• Increases vital capacity and pulmonary function

Massage therapy benefits Digestion and Elimination

• Relieves colic and intestinal gas
• Promotes circulation of colon – relieves constipation
• Stimulates digestion