What are the benefit of massage ?

Question

detail benefit of massage

Answer 1

Ok, first here's a few thing massage doesn't do.
It doesn't stimulate blood circulation. (That's what your heart does, blood can get round your body just fine without someone pushing it round.)
It doesn't improve lymphatic drainage and help to remove toxins. This has been proven false. For a start 'toxins' is just a word created by the alternative medicine brigade for when they don't know what they're talking about. Any medical or scientific person would always be more specific.

Now here's the main physical benefit of massage.
It untwists muscle knots in your body.
Muscle get knotted and create trigger points. These can be quite painful and are probably the cause of 90% of back pain and quite a lot of other random pain in your body.
You don't have to go to a massage therapist to relieve this pain. If you are suffer from back pain, I highly recommend you put your hand into a fist and rub it up and down your back right now. Just a couple of minutes may bring you major relief.

This is the main physical benefit of massage. A lot of quacks will tell you that it has many other benefits but these are mostly nonsense.

Other benefits are not physical but mental.
Touch from another person has been shown to have health benefits. People who are hugged more as a child for example are better able to handle their emotions. Having a regular massage may well destress you. Considering the massive medical disadvantages of stress this is not something to be sniffed at. Also just the fact that you will come out with a clear head, relaxed and may feel a lot better will make the money spent worth it for many people.

Answer 2

I get a massage every now and then when I can afford it (they are so expensive). I'm one of those people who love back massages, etc. Personally, I thoroughly enjoy the massage while it is in progress--it is so relaxing. However, when it is over, I don't know that I experience any long-term benefits. The next day I always feel about the same as I always do. So, I just enjoy the relaxation at the time of the massage.

Answer 3

Massage therapies provide the lots of benefits. Massage is good for health and massage can reduce stress, depression, tension etc.

Benefits of Massage-
1) Increased flexibility and range of motion in joints
2) Increased nutrients to all systems through lymph and blood
3) Aids digestion
4) Aids elimination of metabolic wastes
5) Reduced or eliminated chronic pain, muscle aches, spasms and headaches
6) Increased endorphin production (the body's natural painkiller)
7) Boost to the immune system
8) Calms the nervous system
9) Increased mental clarity
10) Metabolic balance in muscle tone
11) Emotional release
12) Relaxes and refreshes muscles
13) Connective tissue pliability and mobility

Answer 4

Massage benefits people of all ages. While it benefits the injured, the ill and the stressed, the strength of massage in preventing illness and conditions before they develop cannot be overlooked. Massage can be used in the treatment of both acute and chronic stages of conditions.

More Benefits

Alleviate Pain:-
Relieve back pain
Relieve muscle tension and stiffness
Reduce muscle spasms
Relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eyestrain


Feel Better:-
Realize more restorative sleep
Experience deeper and easier breathing
Improve posture
Enhance athletic performance
Enjoy a caring, nurturing touch
Increase awareness of the mind-body connection

Answer 5

In a simple terms massage loosen your muscles. Our muscles keeps on expanding and contracting but at few locations muscles are either at rest or stress. when the pressure exist for longer period the cells tends to loose it's elasticity. and you experience pain. Through massage pressure is applied so that the blood flow gain momentum and your body cells get reactivate.

Being a therapist I can only say regular but light exercise also act as a therapy for your body.

Answer 6

Benefits of massage therapy:
- stimulate blood circulation
- improve lymphatic drainage and helps to remove toxins
- relaxes muscles and reduce tension
- create a feeling of relaxation

Answer 7

Massage will make your muscle relax. In turn, your relaxed body will make your mind feel good. It is said that if everyone get a good massage every week, there is no war in this world.

Answer 8

Massage is a manual therapy that manipulates the soft tissues and decreases muscle tension, pain, stress and depression. Massage therapy is beneficial for health...

Answer 9

Massage brings balance to the Mind, Body and Soul it can take your mind into dimensions of raw and ecstatic bliss, the ultimate state of happy serenity as all your “happy endorphins” are released and soak into every cell of your total being.

Answer 10

Physically, it can help remove lactic acid from overworked muscles and improve circulation, promoting myofacial health and relief of pain. It also has a tendency to reduce stress in my personal experience.