Modern times give people ‘instant’ everything. It gives them
‘instant’ convenience, ‘instant’ solutions and ‘instant’ results among
so many others. But, amidst all the advantages it gives to people, it
also brings a lot of stress that hinders them to get better sleep.
Studies show that the most common cause of today’s health problems
lack of sleep that can be caused by too much stress. Aside from improper
diet, and unhealthy life style, prolonged periods of stress
subconsciously affect many systems of the human body, lack of sleep may
lead to possible health problems such as gastrointestinal disorders,
heart disease, memory loss, and decreased immune function.
One of the most popular stress-reduction techniques being practice
nowadays is massage therapy apart from using stress-relieving tablets
and capsules. By definition, massage therapy is a hands-on manipulation
of the soft tissues that include muscle, skin, tendons, and associated
fascia, ligaments. Massage therapy also concentrates in treating joint
capsules in the body. Apart from decreasing muscular tension and
increasing the removal of metabolic waste, massage therapy also promotes
nutrient delivery to healing tissue caused by extended periods of
stress and will eventually help a person to get better sleep.
The wonders of massage therapy
Indeed, massage therapy has become a significant part of general
health care for many people living in today’s stressful world. Numerous
professionals and even traditional healthcare systems throughout the
world recognizes that massage therapy can play an important role in
treating chronic ailments can and contribute to a higher sense of
general well-being since it greatly helps people get better sleep.
Considered as the modern antidote for stress, massage therapy helps
combat stress by trying to reduce the tension build up in the muscles.
Aside from boosting the body’s immune system, massage therapy prevents
the decrease in circulation and nutrient delivery to tissues. Known as
one of the ultimate “stress reducers,” more professionals are advising
their patients to include massage therapy in their health care treatment
plans.
People, especially those who live by the rule of stress and don’t
have enough sleep, find massage therapy very helpful in so many ways.
Among the extensive benefits of massage therapy, most people consider
the therapeutic affect of the treatment on their bodies. Since massage
therapy causes diverse physiological effects due to the therapist’s
hands moving over the body, its therapeutic affect is proven to improve
health by acting directly on the muscular, nervous, circulatory and
immune systems.
Aside from aiming to develop, maintain, rehabilitate, or augment
physical function, massage therapy also relieves or prevents physical
dysfunction and pain. Massage therapy also relaxes tight and tense
muscles while improve circulation, recovery time, and immune system
function, which reduce overall stress. And with the continuing research
on the beneficial effects of massage therapy, its effectivity was also
discovered in controlling chronic or acute pain.
Concentrated in creating different movements that can physically
stretch muscles, ligaments, tendons, and fascia, massage therapy also
encourages the circulation through the tissue, inhibit muscular spasms,
and be either sedating or stimulating to the nervous system.
But, far from the common conception, elementary knowledge of massage
therapy is not enough for ordinary individuals to practice it. Being a
regulated health profession, massage therapy requires professionals who
have completed hours of education at accredited schools and have
extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, assessment, bodywork
techniques, and pathology to know when massage therapy is or is not
suitable.
With the array benefits massage therapy offers to people—specially in
stress reduction and in helping them get better sleep—it is no wonder
that a wide patronage of it will increase energy and will improve
people’s outlook on life.
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