MASSAGE

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Physical Benefits

• Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation 

• Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness

• Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling; reduces the formation of excessive scar tissue 

• Reduces muscle spasms

• Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion

• Enhances athletic performance

• Promotes deeper and easier breathing

• Improves circulation of blood and the movement of lymph fluids

• Reduces blood pressure

• Helps relieve tension-related headaches and the effects of eye-strain

• Enhances the health and nourishment of the skin

• Improves posture

• Strengthens the immune system 

Mental Benefits 

• Fosters peace of mind

• Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness

• Helps relieve mental stress

• Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately

• Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity

• Satisfies needs for caring/nurturing touch

• Fosters a feeling of well-being

• Reduces levels of anxiety

• Increases awareness of the mind-body connection

Benefits of Massage for Animals.

• Reduces muscle tension

• Eases stiffness

• Reduces muscle spasms

• Improves range of motion

• Improves the circulation of blood and the movement of lymph

• Improves immune system function

• Enhances the health of the skin and coat

• Reduces anxiety

• Helps to manage the effects of stress