Relax Your Body With Swedish Massage

Swedish massage is referred to as ‘the classic style’ and is the most common western type of massage therapy. The deep circular movements, kneading, light rhythmic tapping and long strokes used in this type of massage helps an individual relax and rejuvenate. Its techniques can vary depending upon the intensity of the massage. The various benefits of Swedish massage are:

• Stress Relief: Swedish massage involves gentle pulling of muscles which helps in releasing lactic acid and reducing stress levels. A one hour massage session can also regulate the heart rate and insulin levels.

• Boosts Energy: This massage can help in lowering the blood pressure, increasing circulation to all parts of the body, thus, improving their overall functioning. It also controls the levels of stress hormone, cortisol, that make you feel energetic and fresh.

• Pain Relief: Swedish massage is helpful in providing relief from pain caused due to stress and muscle tension. This is because the massage focuses on a particular area like a sprained ankle, a wrist or back pain. All these kinds of pain can be reduced with the correct massaging technique. It can even help in reducing swelling caused by an injury or accumulation of fluid in the tissues.

• Better Respiration: The massage therapy arouses slower breathing and eliminates mucus or other respiratory discharge from the lungs. It also allows the body to relax and begin the repairing process, and if suffering from a cold, it helps in getting rid of the toxins at a faster rate which eliminates the stoppages in the respiration passage.

• Improved Mobility: Swedish massage can be helpful in treating Stiffness in the joints by reducing the thickening of the connective tissues. It can be helpful in conditions like neck sprains, neck stiffness, shoulder stiffness etc.

• Cleansing The Body: Swedish massage acts as a cleanser, by stimulating lymph circulation and speeding up the waste and toxic elimination process. It also dilates the blood vessels and improves circulation which helps in flushing out toxins and cleansing the body.

• Alternative Medicine: It is often recommended by doctors to boost recovery from various illnesses and injuries like ankle sprain, wrist sprain, fracture etc.

Thus, Swedish massage can be very beneficial for your health and also make you feel better.

Foot Reflexology For Stress Relief

Today’s world is a stress inflicted world. People find it hard to cope with the rising pressure and stress induced by their long working hours. So there is a need to find different ways to let go of this daily agony of people and find a regular source of rejuvenation. One such very effective method is foot reflexology. As it can be seen, the word reflexology is synonymous with the word relief. Therefore, a session of foot reflexology regularly after some time can be bliss to a stressed out person.
 

Benefits of foot reflexology are:

• Improves blood circulation: When a person gets his feet massaged by another person, it promotes healthy blood flow in his body. Increased blood circulation not only improves positivity by lowering stress, but also prevents many health problems.

• Relief from various ailments: In foot reflexology, specific pressure points are pressed by doing massage on the feet, which releases blocked energy from specific areas of the feet, this blocked energy being the cause of the pain. Every pressure point is connected to an organ. When the point is pressed, ailments in its corresponding organs get treated.

• Helps prevent foot injuries: Reflexology reduces muscle soreness in the body. It also helps in fixing joint problems like arthritis and in reducing the pains of past ankle injuries. A flexible and strong ankle even prevents occurrence of foot injuries.

• Balance between mind and body: Reflexologists help maintain the state of homeostasis, which is perfect balance between mind and body of a person, which helps the body to run smoothly. All the organs, glands and muscles should work well with perfect coordination, which is a task well supported by foot reflexology.

• Helps people with flat feet: Some people do not have a perfect arch in the sole of their feet. It can lead to pains in feet only some time after starting physical activity. Some people even face pains due to deteriorated connective tissue supporting the arch of the foot- called plantar fasciitis. Foot reflexology acts as a preventive measure and a cure to these problems.

• Helps with headaches and migraines: A study shows that people who get reflexology treatment along with their medical treatments for headache or migraines, are more likely to get a speedy recovery than those who don’t.

• Lower blood pressure: High blood pressure is quite common these days due to stress among working men and women. A short foot massage session, three times a week leads to better mood, lesser anxiety levels and lower blood pressure among people.

Thus, stress is lowered to a great extent by regular foot reflexology.