Benefits of Massage
Therapeutic massage provides a number of health and wellness
related benefits. These benefits are delivered in a natural and safe, non-invasive method and thus do not carry the harmful side
effects associated with prescribed medications and the many invasive medical procedures used today.
Therapeutic massage is wonderful at enhancing
and increasing a number of beneficial processes and functions within the human body.
- Massage enhances ones state of well
being
- Massage enhances soft tissue healing
- Massage increases flexibility &
range of motion
- Massage increases muscle tone
- Massage increases blood flow
- Massage increases dopamine &
serotonin levels
- Massage increases and improves lymphatic
fluid flow & drainage
- Massage induces relaxation
- Massage stimulates the immune system
Similarly, therapeutic massage is extremely
effective at reducing and often eliminating a number of uncomfortable and
restrictive symptoms and conditions.
- Massage reduces constipation
- Massage reduces cortisol levels
- Massage reduces depression
- Massage reduces emotional stress
- Massage reduces joint stiffness
- Massage reduces muscular tension
- Massage reduces pain
- Massage reduces scar tissue formation
- Massage reduces soft tissue knots and
trigger points
Not
only physical trauma, but also life experience itself - psychological
and emotional experience, trauma, habit - affect the structure of the
body.
Tensegrity (see Structural Integration) exists because we are alive,
and thru the interaction of our will (experience) with the
environment (trauma) emerge neuromuscular pathways (habit).
EAB can be a participatory practice,
a sort of transpersonal massage therapy, wherein therapist and client
work together to educate the client and bring greater awareness to
the unconscious processes that operate throughout their lives.
Therapies are aided by dialogue, client involvement, and psycho and
hypnotherapy techniques that invite the client, be they willing, to
enter into the deep waters of their being, allowing them to wash over
them, allowing the submerged to bubble up to the surface, find
expression, and pass, leaving the client with a greater self
awareness and freedom and the inspiration to continue the work that
will result in lasting effects.