Massage Therapy Overview

Some current massage therapy research shows that healing touch, such as Swedish massage, may help in decreasing blood pressure in patients suffering from stress.  Other notable organizations, like the Touch Research Institute, have been studying the effects of touch therapy and have demonstrated that massage therapy helps to reduce pain and stress hormones, improve immunity, and reduce depression, among other common health symptoms.

Another interesting massage therapy study 속초오피 demonstrated that administering massage to children asthmatic sufferers helped to improved air flow and pulmonary functioning; subsequently decreasing anxiety and stress.

According to a report published by the NAMTPT (National Association of Myofascial Trigger Point Therapists), myofascial trigger point (another form of massage therapy) may be helpful in relieving fibromyalgia symptoms in 72% of patients suffering from the health disorder.

What makes massage therapy such an effective natural health treatment?

In addition to blocking pain signals, massage therapy has been shown to stimulate endorphin and serotonin production, which improves lymph flow (a critical component of the immune system).  For example, manual lymph drainage (MLD) is a massage technique that promotes lymph movement throughout the lymphatic vessels.  This particular form of massage therapy may be especially helpful to those suffering from edema (excessive fluid retention).