Santa Barbara Massage Therapy: Jeff Dutcher, CMT performs deep tissue massage
and gentle spa massage for relief from your pain and stress. (mobile:gladiatormassage.mobi)
Pain
Relief: All of us feel stress. Add the pain from an injury or illness
or occasional back pain and we can be deprived of good sleep. Soon
we can feel as if life is controlling us. It is discouraging. Proper
therapeutic massage relieves both mental and physical stress.
Research
has shown massage to be effective in treating low-back pain. A study
in the Archives of Internal Medicine followed back-pain sufferers
who participated in three different groups receiving either massage,
acupuncture, or educational information. After ten weeks, the massage
group reported a 47% improvement, the acupuncture group improved
by 38%, and the educational group improved by 27%. The study showed
benefits of massage therapy lasted longer than the post-massage
feeling of relaxation. Even a year after the study was finished,
the massage group maintained the positive benefits.
How
does massaging reduce your back pain? Massage eases muscle spasm
and tensions. As muscles relax, your circulation increases, which
brings healing oxygen to the muscle tissues. Certain Santa
Barbara massage techniques release painful trigger points,
increase flexibility, and increase mobility.
Massage
therapists are trained to deal with sore and painful tissues. If
you have pain, the goal is to work within your pain threshold, gently
rubbing and squeezing to trigger relaxation in the back and throughout
your body. Imagine how much better your back will feel with improved
blood flow, decreased tension, increased relaxation, and ease of
movement.
Stress
Relief: Stress hormones made to alert and prepare us for action
are drastically reduced during massages allowing our body systems
to relax. The press, push, and rub of massaging touch helps your
mind clear and your body to relax.
Sleep
Better: Muscle tension is found and released during massage sessions.
Most headaches along with other body pains are related to tight
muscles and are relieved with massages.
Pain:
The change in stress and muscular tension reduces pain in your body,
allowing you to sleep longer and comfortably. Only during the deepest,
restful sleep is your body able to rebuild, restore and recharge.
Control
of your life: When your mind and body are working properly, it is
easier to take control of most situations at work and home. Even
addictive behaviors like drinking, smoking, and overeating are easier
to control with regular therapeutic massage therapy sessions.
Improved
Health: Your immune system functions better with massage because
of the increase in circulation, which provides body systems with
oxygen in and waste out.
We
know that eating right and exercising is the best way to lose weight.
Deep tissue sports massage can also aid in weight loss.
Santa
Barbara massage therapy may have the reputation that it is only
a luxury, something for rich and famous people. However, massages
are beneficial to everyone and should be seen as a regular part
of healthy living.
The
biggest benefit of massage is immediate relaxation. Relaxing the
body allows time for the person getting the massage to focus on
his or herself, which is a great start to overall well-being.
Weight
seems to be lost easily at the beginning of an exercise routine.
Then, as the body evens-out, it seems harder to shed more weight.
Some of this early weight loss is water weight. Massage at this
stage helps release this excess water.
Stimulating
massage therapy moves the lymph in your body and cleans toxins from
your cells. This helps detoxify the body.
Research
has shown that massage therapy increases the tone of your muscles.
Increasing the ability to build muscles increases the ability to
control weight. Strong
muscles burn more calories, and this allows a wider range of activities
to stay healthy.
Most
pain originates in the soft tissues. While working out, your muscles
tend to get sore from a buildup of lactic acid. Massage therapy
helps reduce these post-workout
pains.
Medical
massages also help with the excretion of fluids for tissue repair.
Massage therapy safely stretches connective tissues and breaks down
scar tissue.
Research
has also revealed regular massage improves range of motion,
flexibility, lessens the risk of injury, and corporate chair massages
performed at work can increase employee production by as much as
20 percent.
Massage
therapy also increases circulation which is vital to a healthy metabolism
and helps you burn calories faster. With workouts and exercise,
there is a chance of overstraining, which makes the body weaker.
Since massage is relaxing, it allows the body to rest, unwind, and
reduce the chance of overstraining.
Research
has also shown massage therapy aids in fat loss by bursting the
fat capsules that reside in tissues. This fat can now be more easily
absorbed and eliminated by the body. Remember massage alone will
not make someone lose substantial weight, but massagetherapy
complements a healthy lifestyle and gives the body a vital boost
aiding in a balanced weight.
One
of the most practical ways to oxygenate the body is with massage.
Healing oxygen travels through the body in the blood and lymph systems,
and the benefits of regular massage therapy will help you live a
longer and healthier life.
