Massage Remedy

Massage calms the nervous system and promotes a sense of relaxation and well being. When Massage Therapy activates your body's parasympathetic nervous system, it counteracts your body's negative response to stress, relaxing muscle tension and allowing your heart rate, blood pressure and circulation to return to normal. Massage reduces levels of the stress hormone cortisol, resulting in lifted spirits.

It can also boost the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, which are involved in depression. A tight muscle cannot hold much fluid nor can it allow much fluid to pass through it. This decreases your circulation of blood and increases the strain placed on your heart. Massage Therapy releases contracted muscles and pushes venous blood towards the heart, thus easing the strain on this vital organ.

This increase in circulation brings energy producing nutrients and oxygen to your cells as well as carries away metabolic waste products that make you feel sluggish and drained. In addition, Massage Therapy increases your body's oxygen carrying red blood cell count, helping to bring even more oxygen to your body's cells.