In the modern healthcare industry, where preventative and holistic (overall wellbeing) measures are increasingly gaining attention and renown, massage is beginning to be observed in a whole new light. Rather than a once-in-awhile luxury that is only afforded for a temporary relief from tension and discomfort, growing research is revealing a massive underutilization of massage; especially deep tissue massage and the accompanying facial treatments. The truth is, using deep tissue massage is a vastly restorative treatment that can raise a patient’s quality of life and improve many different aspects of health.
The short terms positives of a day spa visit are undeniable. The relaxation and moderate pain relief can be just the thing to recover from a particularly stressful time, or to assist in the recovery of a minor scrape or bruise. However, studies have found that long term pain relief is a consistent expectation for patients who regularly visit massage therapists during their recovery periods.
Especially as a supplementary treatment, deep tissue massage will get into the muscles and bruises that are causing the patient discomfort. During a clinical study that sought to isolate the restorative functions of both massage and mental relaxation exercises, it was found that the deep tissue massage overwhelming surpassed the mental treatments with regard to diffusing musculoskeletal pain. This study did not take into account the long term however. More recent studies have found that the long term application of massage therapy went on to effectively minimize pain as well as contribute to decline of trait anxiety and enhance mood.
Both mood and anxiety are supplementary health benefits that have been proven time and time again to work for, or against, the long term healing process. Long term deep tissue massage has been observed to cause a marked reduction in depression, as well as limit the anxiety that people feel; which contributes to the overall wellbeing. This holistic sense of health from is a long term preventative strategy that will meet questions such as mental health, and psychological health head-on, rather than attempt to combat them with antiquated and counterproductive pharmaceutical means.
Finally, deep tissue massage is supremely effective for circulation. Deep tissue massage frees up circulatory congestions in problematic areas, manually. The result is overall increased blood flow, which is highly restorative for your muscles as it flushes out the lactic acid that makes them sore and uncomfortable. Also the decreased pressure is helpful for the cardiovascular system, as smooth flow will improve heart health and just about every other body function to some degree.
Even just as a supplementary treatment to go along with physical therapy, talk to your local day spa and discuss a treatment plan the focuses on deep tissue massage as form of restorative treatment. Your body will feel the effects of relaxation and pain relief in the short term, but the long term therapeutic effect is what will be worth your time and money.
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