Shared benefits for giver and receiver of massage:
- Increase the release of Serotonin, the body’s natural antidepressant.
- Decreases cortisol levels (stress hormone) in the body, stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system (reproductive, digestive, & restorative functions)
- Boosts the immune system.
- Release endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. Reduces Pain Perception.
- Decreases aggression
- Improves sleep.
- Decreases anxiety, hyperactivity, depression in teens
- Increases attention, mood, and behavior
- Decreases touch aversion, off task behavior, orienting to irrelevant sounds in children with Autism.
- Enhances communication, bonding, attachment, & neurological development.
- Improves the functioning of the primary systems: pulmonary functions: increased peak air flow in asthmatic children; muscular, circulatory, central nervous, and immune.
- Aids in digestion and elimination of food. Stimulates a growth gene triggered by touch, pre-term massaged infants leave NICU 10 days earlier than non-massaged pre-term infants.
- Aromatherapy: Lavender induces relaxation in adults (great precursor to sleep or at bath time).
- Increases circulation, allowing the body to pump more oxygen and nutrients into cells, tissues and vital organs.
- Stimulates the flow of lymph, the body’s natural defense system against toxic invaders.
- Relaxes and softens injured and overused muscles. Reduces muscle spasms and cramping.
- Increases joint flexibility and range of motion. Reduces recovery time of injuries, or post-athletic soreness.
- Reduces post-surgery adhesions and edema. Reduces scar tissue.
- Relieves pain for headache sufferers and decreases the need for medications.
- Assists with shorter labor for expectant mothers, and eases postpartum depression.
- Removes harmful toxins from cells.
Benefits Of Massage