Massage therapy enhances good health and provides great benefits to many medical conditions. Benefits include:

• Relieves muscle spasms and muscle tension

• Relieves headaches

• Prevents or decreases muscle atrophy due to forced immobility

• Decreases pain due to inflammatory arthritis

• Reduces pain and discomfort due to fibromyalgia

• Relieves symptoms of depression by altering brain patterns

• Effective treatment for low blood pressure

• Helps breast cancer survivors cope physically and emotionally

• Eases pain after bypass surgery

• Boosts immune function

• Increases the number of red blood cells especially in cases of anemia

Effects on Overall Health

• Separates muscle fibers, preventing or undoing muscle adhesions

• Enhances muscle elasticity and joint flexibility

• Dilates blood vessels, improving circulation and relieving congestion

• Increases blood supply and nutrition to muscles

• Hastens the elimination of waste products and toxins

What do back pain, stress and breast cancer have in common? Research conducted by The American Massage Therapy Association shows that massage therapy provides relief for people suffering from each of these conditions and that it is an effective complement to medical care.