Stress Relief Massage

Stress relief massage can help you relax in this busy world. I don't think anyone can avoid stress. It's all around us. While there are many techniques you can use as stress management, massage for stress reduction is one of the most effective tools.

The Effects of Stress

Stress is a natural response that can be quite helpful at times. When you're in danger your body goes into what's referred to as the fight or flight response. It starts kicking out hormones that amp up your heart rate and make your muscles faster and stronger. This is great for fleeing danger or even fighting for your life. I'm sure this natural response helped keep our earliest ancestors alive.

In the modern world we feel constant stress. The body has no way of differentiating between stress from work or stress from being chased by a lion so it produces the exact same hormones for each situation. Those hormone are called adrenaline and cortisol.

Over short peroids of time these hormones make you faster, sharper and stronger, but when your body is contantly bathed in these hormones it has a different response. Long term exposure can cause weight gain, depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, indigestion, and even infertility. That's why it's important to use stress management tools and techniques to help you relax.

Massage and Stress

Just about any type of massage therapy can be referred to as stress relief massage. In general, massage helps soothe the nervous system. It slows the heartrate and causes your breathing to deepen and slow down. It loosens tight muscles helping you to relax. Most importantly is decreases the amount of cortisol your body releases. Positive human touch can have a profoundly relaxing effect.

Massage also provides you with quiet time to relax. Most places where you recieve a massage are dimly lit with relaxing music playing. If they didn't take time out to get a massage, many people wouldn't have this type of quiet time in their lives at all.

Many different types of massage can provide you with stress relief. Here are a few of the most popular types you can try.

• Swedish massage
• hot stone massage
• deep tissue massage
• shiatsu
• CranioSacral therapy

Stress relief massage therapy is a great way to ease your stress and pamper yourself. Feel the health benefits of massage as often as you like. Between visits practice deep breathing, meditation, and other stress management techniques.