For many, massages are a treat but do you know that massages are great for your overall health and well being? In this blog today i will give you one out of many reasons not only get massages, but why you should get them on a regular basis.

STRESS!!!

Stress is apart of everyday living, whether you are stress just a little bit or overwhelmed with stress.When people feel stressed by something going on around them, their bodies react by releasing chemicals into the blood. Stress is not always bad. It can sometimes help you to keep focus and alert, but when stress is overwhelming, it can damage your mood and relationships, and lead to a host of serious mental and physical health problems. Activation of the stress response causes muscles throughout the body to tense up. When the event ends, the muscles relax. However, if stress is constant, the muscles may remain in a slightly tensed state. This may lead to joint aches and pains, headaches, chronic back pains, and other symptoms. Massage therapy may help relieve your muscle tension. A massage therapist uses various techniques to rub, stroke, stretch, and apply pressure to muscles to help them return to a relaxed state, which in turn reduce your stress-related aches and pains.

Massage Therapy also helps you to relax, calming the mind and body and relieving your stress. With great relaxation practices and regular massages, all of your problems may not go away, but at least for an hour to one and a half hour you can take your mind of everything thats bothering you and just focus on breathing and deep relaxation.Massage therapy may help with conditions that affect your state of mind, including stress, depression and anxiety. A massage helps you shift your thoughts away from everday worries and allows your body and mind to relax. Massage also helps you feel that you are in control over your health and plays an active role in managing chronic illness. Many massages are performed in a quiet dim room. Healing Hands Massage is a house call massage service and we are all about relaxation. We perfer you to choose a quiet room away from everyone in the home so that you can fully relax. We have relaxing music always and we also give you a choice of lavender essestial oil to further relax you. Since there are many different massage therapies available, it may require some trial and error to find the right therapist and massage techniques to reduce your stress level.

Ask Healing Hands Massage Services about our  Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Hot Stone Massage and which oils are best for relaxing and stress reducing.

With over 8 years of being a massage therapist and performing over 7,000 massages, i have proven that massage plays a big role in relieving stress. However, In todays blog i've gather information from The Center for Complementary and Aternative Medicine, The American Psychological Association,The National Institute of Health and Livestrong.com.

Book your Massages with Healing Hands Massage Services. Let the healing begin............