How Do Massages Relieve Stress?

Series Summary

Massage therapy is a practice with a multiplicity of benefits. Whether it's a quick rubdown or a full-body treatment, the human touch has practical applications for promoting both physical and emotional well-being. Massage is performed with the use of motion, pressure, tension and vibration on certain areas of the body such as painful or stressed muscles and joints. This allows a release of tension and a return to a homeostatic condition. Beyond general stress relief, massage encourages physical and emotional healing by improving circulation. In this free video series on massage, an experienced massage therapist discusses several different types of massage therapy, including shiatsu, Swedish, deep tissue and aromatherapy massages. Find out how the physical body, mental body and emotional body are all enhanced and treated through these different techniques. Even get advice about a fulfilling career as a massage therapist. To feed mind, body and soul, discover the wonderful benefits of the art of massage.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae and have you ever wondered how massage relieves stress? Well I'm going to tell you. Now massage therapy is a holistic type of therapy which means it addresses the body as a whole being. It addresses your physical body, your mental body, and your emotional body. Now massages are wonderful type therapy for your physical body because first of all for the obvious reasons that it decreases muscle pain and stress, increases circulation. It can increase muscle flexibility, mobility range of motion. It increases endorphins which are happy hormones. Decreases stress hormones and increases your ability to sleep. Now with all that said think about how much more free and open your mind is when you don't have any of that physical pain going on. Now you have all this mental capacity to increase your performance, increase memory, focus, concentration and your mind is just much more clear. And that said, the effects on your emotional body are just as amazing. It helps decrease irritability and frustration, increase your mood and in and of itself touches a wonderfully soothing and calming thing for your emotions and your mental and your, excuse me, and your physical body. So massage really helps every part of you, your physical body, your mental body, and your emotional body. And that's how massage therapy helps to relieve stress. I'm Sundae with Natural Sundae."