• Massage is an analgesia, meaning pain reliever from its ability to elicit the relaxation response, reduce anxiety, relieve muscle tension, and improve circulation

• Interrupts the pain-spasm-pain cycle

• Blocks transmission of pain to nerves by activating the...

• Promote growth and development in infants

• Allows healthy touch without sex or violence

• Can influence personality traits such as calmness, gentleness and no aggressiveness

• Trigger Relaxation Response

• Increase urinary production and bladder tension

• Eases pain and anxiety while pregnant

• Improve reproductive function with relaxation

• Promote general breast health

Enhance circulation to kidneys to improve blood filtration

• Improve digestion with relaxation

• Facilitate bowel movement

• Encourage diaphragmatic breathing

• Relax muscles of respiration

• Promote good structural alignment and rib cage expansion

• Improve optimal vital capacity

• Increase general blood flow, superficially, deep, and to internal organs

• Increases fluid transportation for nutrients

• Enhance venous return of metabolic wastes

• Reduce blood pressure and heart rate

• Release of endorphins (with nervous system)

• Increase lymph fluid movement

• Improve immune function

• Reduce pain, increase endorphins

• Sharpen body awareness

• Increases joint mobility and flexibility

• “Milk” metabolic wastes from muscles into venous flow

• Reduces muscle aches, pains, soreness and stiffness

• Helps break up trigger points in muscles

• Helps relieve muscle...

• Increase joint range of motion

• Promote smooth joint function

• Promote optimal joint flexibility

• Promote proper skeletal alignment

• Prevent joint/ bone injuries

• Stimulate sensory receptors in skin

• Increase superficial circulation

• Remove dead skin

• Add moisture with oil or lotion to skin

• Increase sebaceous gland secretions

• Facilitate healthy scar formation

• Increase mental clarity and alertness

• Reduce anxiety, fear, and phobias

• Facilitate emotional release

• Promote feelings of general well being

• Increases the mind body connection

• Can help break through “body armor”...

• Enhance tissue repair and scar formation

• Improve connective tissue health

• Improve pliability of fascia

• Release adhesions and separate tissues

• Brings blood to the surface to “flush out” and deliver oxygen to the...