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Easy Foot Massage For Stress
A massage for stress-relieve, even if administered by yourself will go great lengths to alleviating stress, which is the number one cause of stiff and sore neck muscles, painful shoulders and backache. Stress is the leading cause of palpitations, hyperventilation, increased blood pressure and various types of headaches. The Hellerwork massage is often used as a preventative massage for stress.
Research of the benefits of stress reducing massage has been ongoing for over 120 years and proven that a good massage relaxes the mind, the body and soul by providing a feeling of peace and quiet, away from the tension of day-to-day pressures.
Whilst massage decreases hyperventilation and anxiety, immune enhancing white blood cells are increased. Therapeutic massage has been found to relieve pain and anxiety in cancer patients at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute.
The University of South Caroline found that massage reduced depression in mothers who recently suffered the loss of a child. Abdominal surgery patients also recovered more quickly as a result of massage whilst infants exposed to HIV experienced faster weight gain.
Massage for stress reduces and prevents migraines, aids performance and mental alertness and reduced high blood pressure. Hypertension sufferers experienced a slower heart rate as a result of massage.
Whilst massage cannot enhance muscle strength, it can certainly arouse frail dormant muscles and also balance out the lack of activity due to infirmity or injury. Massage also speeds up recovery after a touch training session or sports injury.
Research on autistic children proved that massages helped them behave less erratically. Premature babies benefited from massage and gained weight more quickly. Burn patients experienced less pain, itching, tension and anxiety when they were massaged.
Office workers who received massage for stress reported better performance, less stress and higher alertness. Doctors report that stress is the cause of up to 90% of ailments that bring people into the physician’s office. People miss the old school touch of a caring doctor or nurse.
With therapeutic massage, one benefits from an improved posture, lower blood pressure, reduces eye-strain, more flexible joints and deeper breathing.
Mental alertness, peace of mine and heightened mind-body awareness are only some of the mental benefits of massage for stress.
Nothing beats a foot massage for stress. Try this yourself by relaxing your foot completely and then soaking both feet in a foot spa or bath of hot water. Add a drop of peppermint oil, which benefits the circulation and also boasts anti-inflammatory as well as antiseptic properties. Relax your body completely by taking deep slow breathes and closing your eyes, letting no negative thoughts or anxiety seep in. After 20 minutes, dry the feet in a soft towel. Gently squeeze the muscles of the calves to relieve muscle stiffness and rotate the ankles five times and stroke the anklebones gently with your fingers. Work all the thumb pads using a press-release motion all over the surface of the foot.
Therapeutic massage is a must for those who have suffered illnesses and injury and massage for stress is essential for everyone.
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Filed under massage by on Jan 27th, 2010. 
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