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Reduce Stress and 5 Other Health Benefits of Massage Therapy
Nowadays, many people live and work in environments that require them to sit for hours at a time. Over time, this can strain your muscles, leading to stiffness, soreness, and pain throughout your body.
Here at Integrated Pain Solutions in Stamford, Connecticut, we take an integrative treatment approach to your well-being, focusing equally on your physical, mental, and emotional health. Led by expert physiatrist and acupuncturist, Dr. Halina Snowball, we offer treatments such as massage therapy to help you cope with pain and feel relaxed and destressed.
Muscle therapy is a pain-relief method that works by using specific techniques to release knots in your muscles. Read on to find out the many ways massage therapy can help you be your best self.
Massage therapy improves your health
Have you ever noticed how stress and anxiety can cause you to tense your body, worsen your posture, and sit in strained positions? Sometimes you may even feel sore due to stress and anxiety.
That’s because stress causes your entire musculature to stay tense due to the fight-or-flight response. While that might have been useful at different times in human history, these days, it just leads to unnecessary tension, soreness, and pain when you’re feeling stressed.
Massage therapy works by using gentle stretching and muscle manipulation to gently release tension knots in your muscle fibers, allowing you to relax and destress. This physical relaxation has mental benefits, allowing you to reduce your stress and anxiety, improve your sleep quality, and even lower your blood pressure.
Five other ways massage therapy can help you
Massage therapy isn’t just used for stress-busting and anxiety relief. Massage therapy also has the following benefits.
Boost your immunity
Studies show that massages can boost your immunity by jumpstarting T-cells production, which are essential parts of your immune system that fight viruses and other infections.
Reduce injuries
You might have already heard of the benefits of sports massages. Many professional athletes use sports massage to reduce their risk of sports injuries through gentle muscle stretching and relaxation.
Prevent headaches
If you struggle with tension headaches, massages can help. Massages for tension headaches work by focusing on areas around the neck, head, and shoulders that carry extra tension and cause headache pain.
Stimulate healing
Just as massages can boost immunity, they can also boost healing by stimulating deep tissue and encouraging blood circulation. Many of our clients report increased healing times and reduced pain thanks to regular massages after injuries.
Soothe pain
Chronic pain can be a devastating condition, but regular massages can offer drug-free relief. The gentle sensation of touch in a massage can interrupt pain signals at the nerve level, allowing you to enjoy relief from certain persistent pain types.
While there are numerous types of massages, each with different effects on your body, we can tailor a massage treatment plan to focus on your unique needs while factoring your personal preferences and expectations.
If you’re interested in learning how massage therapy can improve your health, contact our team at Integrated Pain Solutions, where we provide access to on-site massage therapists to reduce your pain. Learn more by calling 203 863 4588 or booking an appointment online.
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