Importance of Routine Massage Therapy

Massage therapies are not limited to pampering your body. They also have various physical, emotional, and mental effects to benefit you. There are different massage types with unique functions to promote your well-being. 

Massage therapy helps manipulate and knead the soft tissues and muscles to improve your well-being. It is a manual practice that involves moving, holding, and exerting pressure on the fascia, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Massage therapy describes techniques that include the intensity, touch, and pressure exerted on the body. It is essential to understand massage therapy and its benefits. 

Lower Back Pain Relief

Most adults in America experience lower back symptoms every year. The problem accounts for up to 300 million workdays lost annually. Most people with back pain seek medical treatment when the condition becomes acute.

Besides making you miss work, the pain can lead to a disability in some cases. The good news is that routine massage therapies help determine the root cause of the pain to advise you how best to alleviate it.

Soothes Depression and Anxiety

Modern living revolves around busy schedules and fast-paced routines with accompanying work-related problems. Creating time to check into a spa for a massage can help you relieve stress. Your massage therapist can give you a reflexology massage to relax your body.

During your sessions, your body releases hormones to stabilize your moods. As a result, you experience a reduction in depression and controlled anxiety.

Improves Posture

Poor posture causes muscle, neck, and back pain. Prolonged sitting and standing can create tension on your back and neck. Regular massages can regain your body movements and posture.

Relieves Chronic Pain

Most people who experience pain for longer than two weeks benefit from regular massage therapies. The pain does not get relief by using painkillers. There are a variety of massages that can alleviate it, like deep tissue or hot stone massage therapy.

Most patients who received massages reported relief. Some of these individuals suffered chronic health conditions, muscle stiffness, and injuries. Your massage therapist will focus on releasing tension on stiff joints and muscles. Massages relieve symptoms of fibromyalgia, a chronic health condition. The symptoms include muscle spasms, severe pain, joint rigidity, and sleep alterations. 

Migraines are a form of chronic pain that can persist from days to a couple of weeks. The National Headache Foundation claims that close to 30 million Americans get migraines. Most migraine headaches result from lack of sleep and stress. Studies show that massages relieve headaches caused by poor sleep quality. Migraine headaches can also result from head, shoulders, and neck strain. Massages focus on relieving tension in areas on the body where there is a buildup.

Improves Circulation

Routine massage therapy offers long-term benefits such as improving lymph and blood flow. Deep tissue massages happen regularly to allow blood flow to injured organs and muscles to promote faster healing.

Massages exert pressure on different parts of the body and promote lymph flow. As a result, that leads to eliminating lactic acids in the massaged areas of your body.

For more on routine massage therapy, visit Copeland Chiropractic at our offices in Toppenish, Yakima, or Richland, Washington. You can also call (509) 865-5636 to book an appointment today.