About Me

how a weekly massage can change your life

Did you know that living a high-stress lifestyle can actually be bad for your physical and psychological health? I was in fairly good health until I started a new job that increased my stress level tremendously. It wasn't until things started spiraling out of control that my doctor suggested that I begin going to massage therapy at least once each week to unwind. From the first visit on, my life has been different. I no longer carry the stress of my workdays throughout the weekend and take my stress out on my family. Visit my blog to find out how much of a difference a weekly massage can make for you.

Archive

Tags

Latest Posts

Search

Categories

Therapeutic Massage Can Help You Cope With Fibromyalgia
If you are one of the 5 million people who suffer from fibromyalgia, you know firsthand just how much of an effect this disease can have on your life. You don't have to succumb to your pain. There are several options available to you that can help minimize your pain and improve your overall quality of life. Therapeutic massage is just one of these options.   Headache Relief Chronic, tension, and migraine headaches are a common problem for those that suffer with this condition.

4 Tips For Starting Cupping While Breastfeeding
Many people find cupping to be a beneficial therapy in treating ailments that postpartum women traditionally suffer. For example, cupping can help break up cellulite to help women get their pre-pregnancy body back. It can aid in digestion and help relieve sciatica pain, often associated with weight gain from pregnancy and pressure during childbirth. It may also help with back pain associated with carrying a newborn and the extra weight of engorged breasts for breastfeeding mothers.

Times That You Should Specify A Deep Tissue Massage When You Schedule An Appointment
Massage therapy can provide you with many healing benefits, including allowing you to relax and release stress during your appointment. Several types of massage, including the conventional Swedish massage, are optimal for people who are stressed. When it comes to deep tissue massage, this isn't necessarily a treatment that is relaxing — but it is definitely one that will help give you the results that you desire. Deep tissue massage isn't for everyone, and while your massage therapist may ask you if he or she can apply deeper pressure in certain areas, these times will conventionally call for a full session of this type of massage.

How Massage Treatments Can Help With Your Anxiety
It can be difficult to find relief from chronic anxiety, especially if you don't like taking medications. One natural treatment that may help is massage. You could feel results in as little as one session, but to get ongoing relief, you'll probably need massages on a regular schedule. Here's how massage helps you deal with anxiety. Relaxing Atmosphere One reason many people like to get massages is because they are so relaxing.

Surprising Benefits Of Massage Therapy
If you love getting massages, but avoid doing so on a regular basis because getting a professional rub-down seems like an unnecessary expense, you will be relieved to know that there have been documented health benefits as the result of receiving regular massage therapy. If you would like to make your exercise program as beneficial as possible or if you experience anxiety or depression, the following information about the use of massage therapy will be very helpful.

Tips For Relieving Neck Pain Caused By Texting
For many Americans, constant texting on their cell phones has become part of daily life. Unfortunately, the continuous tilting of the head while reading or creating text messages puts an incredible amount of strain on your neck muscles, ligaments and tendons as they hold the head up. Avid users of cell phones in this way often suffer from neck pain that has been dubbed 'text neck'. This overuse syndrome often brings on severe neck pain, limited range of motion and neck inflammation.

Athletes: Three Reasons You Need a Massage
Massage was very popular with the ancient Romans, Greeks, and Babylonians, including Olympian athletes, but it was largely forgotten by Western civilization until the end of the Middle Ages. In 1813, a Swedish man by the name of Per Henrik Ling decided that exercise -- or gymnastics, as he called it -- and massage, were imperative to good health. He opened the first athlete training for gymnastics and massage center school. Over two-hundred years later, modern medical science has continued to show the benefits of both.

Foot Massage For A Healthier Life
If you have ever had a full-body massage, you know how relaxing and stress-relieving the experience is. Unfortunately, most people do not have the time or resources to have a complete massage whenever they want. Luckily, you can enjoy a healthy foot massage several times a week with no problem. You can give one to yourself, have your partner be the masseuse, or hire a professional. Whichever way you choose, you will be improving your life.

Come Out Baby! 4 Ways Reflexology Can Help Get Labor Started
Being pregnant and overdue can feel downright miserable. Doctors often encourage women to walk as a way to get labor started. However, there's just so far you can walk before you just don't want to do it anymore. If you've walked just as far as you can go, and labor still hasn't started, you may want to take a look at the benefits of reflexology. Not sure what reflexology is? It's a type of massage therapy that uses natural pressure points on the body to heal what ails you.

Using Massage Therapy To Help Restore Your Body And Mind After An Accident
If you've been injured in automobile accident, you likely have injuries that go beyond just physical aches and pains. Emotional scarring that occurs from the accident itself and coping with daily financial issues can leave a huge strain on your overall well-being. One way to combat physical and emotional stress is through massage therapy. Restorative massage focuses on helping to restore fluidity within your muscles and ease stress. Here are some additional ways that massage therapy may help you with your injuries and chronic pain.