How to enhance the results of Massage

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Receiving a Massage is a beautiful way to express the health in your body. Relaxation through massage therapy and bodywork improves overall circulation, helping stagnant and distressed energies within the body to move smoothly. Toxins are carried through various parts to enhance overall elimination and promote healthy immune system function through palpating specific lymph nodes and acupoints.

The benefits are numerous, and once relaxed we don’t want to leave that feeling! When the physical body and mind relax, the cells and organs of the body are given the opportunity, as well as muscles, to let go and regenerate. The discomforts of the body are easily released such as heat, pain, toxicity, and blood impurities thus renewing state of mind, skin, and muscle tone.

A few pointers One can do to increase the overall results from a massage:

Drink ample water before and after a massage. Although a massage stimulates circulation and moves impurities and releases stagnation, water is a necessary element in assisting this process. Without it these may be moved to just another location in the body.

Epsom Salt or Sea Salt bath. The muscles in the body need nutrition too! A nice warm bath with 1.5 cups of Epsom Salt or some Sea Salts will assure to provide necessary minerals to the tissues used for things like flexibility, pain relief, and mobility.

Hot & Cold therapy. Place a hot rice sack, heating pad, or hot water bottle to a group of muscles for 15-20 minutes (be sure to remain in this time-frame, more would not do the desired effect), then alternate a cold pack, frozen bag of veggies, or ice in a bag placed in a towel.

Moderate exercise. If you received a massage in the afternoon, it’s nice to go for a leisure walk. Many Sports Enthusiasts receive Sports Massage before a workout to enhance circulation and vigor. For a Therapeutic or Swedish style Massage, add a 10-15 minute walk sometime after, consuming plenty of water to help the body flush itself of toxins and help nerve function and muscle flexibility.

Additional relaxation. If possible make the night of your massage a self journey by adding stretching or yoga, tai chi, meditation, light music, or a soothing movie that frees the mind. Phenomenon is a great movie for this if you like John Travolta.

Health oriented nutrition consumption. Take advantage of the benefits your body has received through relaxation by boosting organ function and health with some raw vegetables, herbal teas, and fruit to further help the tissues and cells regenerate, while stress has dissipated.

Stay away from stressful situations and thoughts that may have caused tension in the first place, at least as long as you can after the massage. It will be easier to handle life circumstances once you allow your body the time to reboot.

Take advantage of your good feelings by adding some mental discipline. Add a sincere quiet statement of gratitude for what you may now be able to see as good. Setting this vibrational tone will be easier to accomplish after a massage than on most stressful days, so take advantage and genuinely enhance the results of Massage!