Healing through touch goes back to early civilization. One of the earliest written documents originated in Asia 5,000 years ago. Hippocrates wrote the effects of therapeutic massage and manipulation when Greek civilization was at its height. Although most cultures have developed some type of touch therapy, attitudes toward touch vary widely from culture to culture. Touch may stimulate the production of healing promoting chemicals by the immune or limbic system.
MASSAGE
Over the centuries, Some nurses provided back massage. Massage was thought to improve the circulation of the blood and assist in relaxation. More recently, the benefits have been more precisely identified and categorized as physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
Physically, massage relaxes muscles and releases lactic acid that accumulates during exercise. It can also improve the flow of blood and lymph, stretch joints, and relieve pain and congestion. Massage is also thought to release body toxins and stimulate the immune system, thereby helping body combat disease.
In the mental-emotional area, massage can relieve anxiety and provide a sense of relaxation and well being.
spiritually, it provides a sense of harmony and balance. The individuals receiving a massage may enter a meditative state, thus relaxing and expanding their awareness.
A variety of massage strokes or movements may be used singly or in combination, depending on the outcome desired. These include effluerage(stroking), friction, pressure and petrissage(kneading or large, quick pinches of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscle.
To experience living well i advice you to have massage. just go to your near massage shop or anywhere, where massage service is available.
If you got something in your head that you think it would make our living well don't hesitate to email me up, or if you got questions feel free to ask me.
Sawyer Padilla
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