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Benefits of Massage


Massage is classified as a therapeutic intervention—in part because it can create all of the changes listed here and more. Incidentally, this treatment also happens to be a delightful experience. Remember—massage is a wonderfully nuanced way to support your overall health. No matter what kind of massage you prefer, all of these benefits are available to you with every treatment.*

PHYSICAL CHANGES

(Massage creates numerous changes in the physical body, whether via direct intervention, indirect manipulation of body tissues, or stimulation of body processes.)

Reduce or eliminate muscle pain and tension

Improve range of motion

Lower blood pressure

Reduce the frequency and severity of headaches

Improve digestion

Ease constipation (by addressing the abdominal cavity)

Increase immunity (by stimulating the flow of lymph)

Release endorphins (which act as the body's painkillers)

Improve circulations

Increase muscle tone

Improve joint flexibilty

Decrease insomnia, and improve the quality of sleep

EMOTIONAL CHANGES

(Massage causes emotional shifts, and influences hormonal control, by inducing changes in the endocrine system. Hormones are powerful substances that enact their changes slowly, over time. We may have frequent contact with hormones (for example, birth control, steroids, and growth hormone all fit into this category), but don't be fooled--hormones control the actions of every system in the body. Even the heart has hormones.

Following is a list of some of the emotional changes that massage can bring about:

Decrease stress

Lower anxiety

Reduce the symptoms of depression

*You may notice that I did not list the “elimination of toxins” as one of the functions of massage. This controversial action is something that the body does without massage intervention, and which recent studies suggest massage cannot help with. Laura Allen explains this succinctly, here.

Baltimore Bodyworks (Goddess Bodyworks) is the bodywork division of Goddess Within, LLC. The practice is located at 2 Dunmanway in Dundalk, MD. I am not listed in the buzzer system. I will meet you at the door to the building at the time of your appointment.

Tanisia Smith was originally licensed to practice massage in the same year that epic fantasy writer Robin Hobb published Assassin's Apprentice, the first book in the Farseer Trilogy. Read on through the Liveship Traders trilogy, the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, the Tawny Man trilogy, and the Rain Wilds chronicles...because there will be dragons. This author writes magic and mayhem beautifully and immersively. Her work is delicious.

Since I'm out of the nerd closet, 2002 was the year when we watched the middle movie of a trilogy focusing on a cross-species group of fellows who decided to walk about a thousand miles to drop a ring into a volcano. Only some of us had feelings about it later when we found out they could have hitched a ride.

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