When you are tense and under stress, it produces harmful levels of the well-known stress hormone, cortisol, which may cause weight gain, sleeplessness, digestive problems, and headaches. Massage therapy decrease the cortisol levels in the body. This allows the body to enter into a healing mode. Massage therapy triggers lasting feelings of relaxation and reduces stress levels.

1. Benefits of
Massage
Therapy

2. Table of Contents
Introduction
Benefits
Conclusion
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3. Introduction
Massage therapy is a
treatment that has
increased demand and
gained its popularity over
the years.
Massage therapy provides
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4. It improves your overall health and well-being.
Massage therapy involves hands-on techniques to:
a. increase circulation
b. relieve tension
c. reduce stress
d. relieve anxiety
e. improve sleep
d. promotes relaxation throughout the body, as well as
many other benefits
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5. Here are some benefits you will receive
from massage therapy:

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Stress Reduction1.
When you are stressed, your body becomes
tensed.
And therefore a stress hormone called
cortisol is generated in large amount.
This stress hormone may cause weight gain
and other health-threatening conditions.

7. Massage therapy helps to bring
cortisol levels down by causing
the body to relax.
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2. Relief of aches and
pains
If you have pain and aches all over your
body, massage therapy will help to reduce it.
Massage therapy will target the source of
the pain by loosening tight muscles and
increasing flexibility.

9. Massage therapy promote better blood circulation.
When the blood flow is improved, more oxygen and nutrients will be taken to
damaged cells.
During massage therapy , your body will release endorphins.
Endorphins are chemicals that act as drugs like morphine.
When these chemicals interact with the receptors in your brain they reduce your
sensitivity to pain.
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3. Enhanced mood
In addition on fighting pain, endorphins
trigger feelings of happiness and well-
being.
Massage therapy encourage the release of
serotonin and dopamine, hormones which
also contribute to improving your mood.

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This means there are more
benefits to be found in
massage therapy, for people
who suffer from anxiety and
depression.

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4.Improved posture
One of the main causes of neck, back and muscle
pain is the poor posture.
Massage therapy will help to improve your
posture by allowing your body to restore.
When your muscles loosen and relax, your body
will position itself in the correct and natural way.

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5. Strengthened
immune system
Research has shown that a correlation
between stress and vulnerability leads
to sickness.
Stress and the havoc it inflicts on the
body significantly reduces the ability of
your immune system.

14. Massage therapy helps to increase
white blood cells and improves your
body's ability to by properly
transporting the nourishment it needs
to perform many functions.
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15. Once considered as an alternative
approach, massage therapy is now
gaining in popularity.
CONCLUSION
Make use of the tremendous benefits
that can be achieved through message
therapy from a registered massage
therapist.

16. THANKS!