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"While massage is enjoyable and relaxing, it is a serious consideration for people determined to live a healthy and long life. A daily dose of massage-like eating a healthy meal-causes positive activity within your body that can accumulate into improved quality of life. Consider daily massage to be similar to brushing your teeth to prevent unwanted accumulation." -Dr. Scott Donkin MASSAGE TECHNIQUES AND BENEFITS Most Americans think of massage therapy as a service found in luxury spas and resorts. It's far from being a lavish extravagance. Massage therapy provides documented health benefits. Many people turn to massage therapy to relieve pain and stress when nothing else has worked. Massage, however, can be used as preventive medicine too. And more and more people are routinely tuning in to the many healing benefits of massage therapy. Here are the types of massage and the health benefits for the particular technique: Reviving an ancient art Massage therapy generally describes the laying on of hands for health purposes, according to the federal government's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). The practice dates back thousands of years. References to massage have been found in ancient writings from many cultures, including those of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Japan, China, Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent. Massage therapy first became popular in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. In the 1930s and 1940s, however, massage fell out of favor, mostly because of scientific and technological advances in medical treatments. Interest in massage revived in the 1970s, especially among athletes. Recent reviews reported by NCCAM show that Americans are using massage for a wide variety of health-related reasons such as to relieve pain (often from musculoskeletal conditions, but from other conditions as well); for rehabilitation from a sports injury; to reduce stress, increase relaxation, and address feelings of anxiety and depression, in addition to boosting overall general well-being. 6 extraordinary benefits

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EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS
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“While massage is enjoyable
and relaxing, it is a serious
consideration for people
determined to live a healthy
and long life. A daily dose
of massage—like eating
a healthy meal—causes
positive activity within your
body that can accumulate
into improved quality of life.
Consider daily massage to
be similar to brushing your
teeth to prevent unwanted
accumulation.”
—Dr. Scott Donkin
MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
AND BENEFITS
Most Americans think of massage
therapy as a service found in luxury
spas and resorts. It’s far from being
a
lavish
extravagance.
Massage
therapy provides documented health
benefits.
Many people turn to massage
therapy to relieve pain and stress
when nothing else has worked.
Massage, however, can be used as
preventive medicine too. And more
and more people are routinely tuning
in to the many healing benefits of
massage therapy.
Here are the types of massage and
the health benefits for the particular
technique:
REVIVING
AN ANCIENT ART
Massage therapy generally describes the laying on of hands for health purposes,
according to the federal government’s National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). °e practice dates back thousands of years. References
to massage have been found in ancient writings from many cultures, including those of
Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Japan, China, Egypt, and the Indian subcontinent.
Massage therapy first became popular in the U.S. in the mid-1800s. In the 1930s and
1940s, however, massage fell out of favor, mostly because of scientific and technological
advances in medical treatments. Interest in massage revived in the 1970s, especially
among athletes.
Recent reviews reported by NCCAM show that Americans are using massage for a
wide variety of health-related reasons such as to relieve pain (often from musculoskeletal
conditions, but from other conditions as well); for rehabilitation from a sports injury;
to reduce stress, increase relaxation, and address feelings of anxiety and depression, in
addition to boosting overall general well-being.