Have A Massage To Improve Your Mood.
Millions of Americans suffer from mood
disorders and depression. Only one third of
those afflicted with depression seek outside
help for their problem.
Anxiety and depression are the most common
diagnoses of all psychiatric problems. The
World Health Organization believes that
depression will be the second cause of
disability behind heart disease as the reason
for disability worldwide.
Depression is most often treated with
medications, but can you find another way to
lift your mood? Massage therapy could be the
answer for your depression problems.
Massage is said to be one of the oldest
forms of treatment. It was recorded in history
thousands of years ago. It has a basic element
of humanity. It is human nature to pat your
friends hand or give them a hug if they are
having a hard time. Touch and therapeutic
massage have been used for centuries as a cure
for illness and disease.
Advances in medicine replaced massage as the
medicine of choice in the early 1950s. New
drugs and medical techniques were discovered
every day and massage was replace by
technology. Massage therapy was used
extensively in mental hospitals and sanatoriums
but is just now regaining popularity for
treatment of mental and psychological
problems.
Studies have been made about the effect of
massage on depression. Studies prove depression
is reduced after massage therapy. Anxiety
levels drop as well as stress hormones. The
body releases natural endorphins during a
massage. Endorphins are responsible for lifting
the mood.
There is a link between the body and mind
and massage helps but no one understands why.
Studies have been made on depressed teen
mothers. After receiving 30 minutes of massage
or relaxation therapy over a five-week period
the group showed a marked difference between
stress hormone levels and anxiety.
Those teen mothers who took part in the
study who did not receive massage therapy did
not show a decrease in anxiety or
depression.
Why does therapeutic massage make you feel
better?
Scientists are not sure if it is physical or
psychological. Could it be as a response to the
human touch either physically or
psychologically? It could be both.
Scientists believe there is a definite link
between your mood and emotions and physical
touch. Many people express a need for a hug,
the physical link between any human.
Massage is a basic and fundamental physical
act that bonds us to another human being.
Many believe the sense of touch is a way of
communicating through the skin.
While receiving a massage, the body
responds to the relaxing of the muscles and
tendons.
Toxins stored in the muscles have been
massaged out of the muscles and are flushed
out of the body.
Theraputic Massage Terms and
Facts.
Something as
relaxing as a massage can in
fact help to improve alertness
of the mind because it releases
endorphins.
They in turn
help you focus your mind.
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Natural endorphins the body makes go
through the body easing minor aches and
pains. Psychologically, the body responds
to the gentle touch of another human being.
You dont feel you are the only one in the
world, and massage makes you feel pampered
and cared for. This is a fundamental part
of how humans are made.
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