3 Life Improving Benefits of Massage

Our days are replete with stressers. From the constant nagging of the cellular phone keeping us wary of emails to be answered, appointments to be made and kept, and social obligations to tend to, to the continuously amounting hours in a work week, there is a constant influx of tasks that come attached with necessary output that drain your mind and body. 

There are many techniques you can use to detoxify your body including herbal teas, exercise, yoga, reading, enjoyment in personal hobbies, and making sure to get enough sleep. Yet one of the best proven methods to release stress and nurture your body is through massage. 

Not only does massage allow the body to physically release stress, working out knots and kinks which, long-term, can cause medical ailments, but it is also a way to mentally detox and relieve psychological stress.

3 Life Improving Benefits of Massage

1) Reduces Stress, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression

There are countless causes for pain in the body. Some of these are psychological stresses which in turn create tension within joints and muscles, zap energy leaving you fatigued, and can restrict breathing instigating anxiety.

Massage can be tailored to your needs, targeting and eliminating tightness and pain to help reduce these unsavory side effects. Massage is attributed to higher levels of oxytocin and serotonin, which leads to reduced bodily stress minimizing the possibilities or side effects such as fatigue, anxiety, and depression.

For more information regarding massage in relation to stress, fatigue, anxiety, and depression, please visit the links provided below: 

Massage for Anxiety

Massage Therapy for Depression

Massage and Chronic Fatigue

Massage Therapy for Stress Relief and Much More

2) Helps Avoid or Improve Medical Ailments

Massage has been referred to and generally goes in tandem with alternative medicine. For those that wish to avoid the doctor’s office and seek alternative treatments, massage has been proven to help with numerous ailments including reoccurring headaches and migraines, insomnia, fibromyalgia, nerve and soft tissue damage, and digestive disorders, just to name a few.   

Massage has also been proven to help relieve pain for long-term ailments such as arthritis and edema, diabetes, hypertension, and scoliosis. For more information on the healing applications of massage, please visit the links provided below: 

Massage Effective in Treating Common Ailments

Surprising Ways Massage Heals the Body

3) Helps Avoid Injuries 

For bodies that are in perpetual motion, such as sports players, exercise enthusiasts, or avid outdoors-men, massage can improve overall performance and longevity by alleviating and nurturing areas in the body that take most of the impact from these activities. 

For more information regarding the benefits of massage in avoiding injuries, visit the below links:

Injuries, Exercise, and Massage

Benefits and Effects of Massage

For more general information on the benefits of massage, feel free to visit the links provided below:

Massage: Get in touch with its many benefits

How Can Massage Help My Health and Wellbeing

Serene Dental Spa offers a variety of services including, but not limited too a signature spa, muscle ease massage, sports massage, and hot stone therapy. Their professional and experienced massage therapists will tailor your experience to help alleviate the aches and pains that most trouble your body. For more information or to make an appointment, please feel free to contact us.