Discover the Benefits of Massage Therapy for Emotional Healing
It is no secret how healthy a good massage can be for your body, and various studies and researches have demonstrated the several important benefits massage treatment can provide.
Massage therapy helps heal:
But did you know that massage therapy can also help you connect and heal emotional wounds? This might come as a surprise, but just as tension and stress can be stored in muscles and tissue, emotions can also be stored inside our bodies. And there can be so many!
Emotional Release
At the massage table, have you ever felt emotional? You are not alone, so don't be alarmed.
While receiving bodywork such as massage treatment, some people may experience an unexpected surge of strong emotion. Massage therapy is intended to provide emotions of relief, calm, or enhanced relaxation. This event is referred to as an emotional release and can be caused by sadness, joy, rage, fear, or grief.
The simplest explanation for emotional release is that since massage may have deep access to the body's soft tissues, it may be able to release emotional energy that has been trapped there. The question is, how did all that feeling and vigor get there? We all deal with stress and anxiety differently in daily life, and sometimes our emotions show up in our bodies in unanticipated ways.
A very stressful situation at work may cause you to tighten your shoulders and neck, which will cause those muscles to become stiff and painful. According to research, sustained stress can result in anxiety that manifests as clenching of the teeth, which can cause jaw and neck pain as well as very bad headaches.
The good news is that there are two sides to this coin: just as physical tension is influenced by mental tension, so too may emotional anguish be relieved by physical ease.
The use of massage therapy is thus necessary.
The Therapeutic Side of Massages
Massage therapy can be therapeutic because it works on the edge of the mind and body, relieving physical pain through tension in the body. While we help people to achieve relaxation and reconnect with themselves, we also help create a bridge between the mental and the physical helping you heal. However, treating pain can be challenging, especially since pain is personal and derives from the specific experiences of each person.
It is common to wonder where to start. How do you make sure you are not doing more harm? How do you know if you are really healing? When you stretch or get a massage, you open up the physical and emotional space in your body to heal. It requires confidence and vulnerability, and that is why it is so important to choose specialized professionals to do your massage therapy.
Come to DEW and stay in the “Magic Hands” of our team. With the training and experience to cover your needs, offering a wide variety of treatments for different goals.
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