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MASSAGE THERAPY
How often do we hear comments such as, "Oh! My aching back," "Gee, I woke up with a stiff neck," or "I threw my back out"? The human body was built to move, to be mobile, to be ready for action--so why do so many people experience aches, stiffness or inflexibility?
A look at our environment can provide many of the answers. Each day we are faced with many physical challenges--as office workers holding arms over a keyboard, as construction workers hammering repeatedly, or as bus drivers sitting for long periods with insufficient support. Work stations are often built to accommodate equipment, not different body shapes and sizes. Society demands performance, but workers don't get the needed warm-up time before activities. Deadlines, traffic, air quality and many other factors lead to physical and mental stresses that eventually become evident as physical pain.
Massage therapy seeks to address some of these symptoms. While there seems to be universal agreement that massage "feels good," it also offers many specific benefits. The therapeutic use of massage affects all systems of the body, most particularly circulatory (blood and lymph), muscular, fascial and nervous systems. Massage therapy is also effective in the control of pain (chronic or acute), in stress reduction and in creating a sense of relaxation and well-being. For more on massage therapy, visit a few of these popular websites:
Symetrics Links
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- group of provincial associations sharing the common aim of promoting the art, science and philosophy of massage therapy.
