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Massage therapy has a wide variety of applications, including preventative health care, health maintenance, rehabilitation, stress management, performance optimization and personal growth development. Massage therapy provides a much-needed health care service to people from all walks of life in today’s high-stress culture.
Massage therapy has been touted as one of the oldest forms of medical treatment. As far back as 1368 in the Ming Dynasty, pediatric massage (which, for the first time, was referred to as “Tuina”) evolved into the highly systematic treatment modality which is still popular today. Doctors; such as Ambroise Pare, a 16th century physician to the French Court, praised massage as a treatment for various ailments.
Touch stimulates the brain to produce endorphins, the body’s natural mood elevators and pain suppressors, but massage is far more than just a treatment that makes us feel good. Through treatment, patients can achieve balance in both their physical body and emotional well-being. Because of its effectiveness in inducing deep rest and relaxation, Massage is beneficial to anyone in need of stress reduction or with stress related disorders.
Benefits include increases range of motion and flexibility. Massage therapy helps patients become more aware of their bodies and the source of pain. Massage therapy has arrived and the knowledge of its benefits is growing unbelievably quickly. Read more about benefits |
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