June 29, 2007
Massage today
As a general rule of thumb, when a hobby, a pastime or in this instance, a treatment has been around for a significant period of time, it’s generally because it continues to intrigue, to give pleasure or to give significant benefits to the participant. Can it be so good?In the case of massage therapy, the first recorded application was some 5000 years ago, although arguably massage therapy has been practiced for many thousands of years prior to this.Such longevity for any therapeutic therapy suggests that there is significant merit for its continued use, in fact massage therapy has never been more popular, and is now firmly established as an invaluable tool available to any medical practitioner in the pursuit of good health and wellbeing for their patients.The benefits of massage therapy extends beyond the physical, and are widely acknowledged to bring huge psychological improvements. Anyone who’s had a massage will confirm the 0feel good’ factor they experience immediately after, a state which comes about because of the direct effects of massage.What’s the cause of this 0feel good’ factor?The most likely candidate is endorphins. Endorphins are naturally occurring wonder drugs produced and released by the brain. They are released during massage […]
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