Massage
Massage is one of the oldest healing traditions. It was particularly seen in ancient people of Greek, Egypt, China, and India. They used these massage therapy to treat various types of ailments.
Massage or massage therapy is a practice of kneading or pressurizing a person’s body muscles and soft- tissue, resulting in the betterment of health and other well beings. It is a voluntary form of therapy that involves moving, holding, and applying pressure to the muscles, ligaments, and fascia.
The term ‘massage therapy’ is used to describe a wide variety of techniques that vary in the manner in which touch, pressure, and the intensity of the treatment are applied.
By many researchers, massage is a soothing treatment that is given to heal the following people problems:
• Subacute/chronic low back pain
• Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
• Anxiety
• Stress
• Soft tissue injuries
• High blood pressure
• Insomnia.
• A person with chronic disease
• Heals cancer.
One of the most important benefits of getting the message is deep relaxation and calmness. It occurs because massage tends to release mental stress, resulting in feelings of wellbeing and calmness.
Levels of stress hormones, such as adrenalin, cortisol, and norepinephrine, are also reduced. Studies indicate that high levels of stress hormones impair the immune system.
Some of the physical
benefits of massage
are as follow:
– It open ups the muscle tissue.
– Improvement in the blood circulation
– Stimulation of the lymphatic system
– Reduction in the hormones that are caused due to stress.
– Relaxed body
– Increase in the momentum and flexibility
– Improvement of the skin tone
– Recovery of the injuries of the soft tissues
– Rejuvenates the mental disorder
– Reduction of anxiety & depression.
Massage therapists of Birla Ayurveda offer massage facilities at home as well as at the retreat center. They make sure in providing a calm and soothing environment.
The responsibility of a therapist is to ask the patients about any medical history and desired results.
They perform the therapy through the touch at the painful location and area of tense. A neutral pressure is applied.
In the ongoing process of the therapy, the therapist first applies oil to the location, and a smooth massage is given. The session of the massage can take longer or can get completed in a fraction of hours.
Massage is a procedure that brings a physiological change to your body. The reasons behind the physiological changes in your body are likely to be:
• The relaxation response, which is involuntary, yet predictable response of the nervous system to massage techniques and touch
• Mechanical responses, which are physical effects that occur in the body when pressure applied to the soft tissues
Together, these responses can produce physical and emotional benefits to the body.