Massage Therapy is manual soft tissue manipulation involving holding, or applying pressure to the body. I use many therapeutic approaches in Natural Touch Massage Therapy.

Massage has been known to increase one's alertness and energy level. Digestion, breathing, appearance, metabolism and several other aspects of the body are stabilized and operate more efficiently after bodywork. Massage can also be preventative medicine against conditions that occur later in life, such as cancers, osteoporosis, ulcers and heart disease.

Physical Benefits: Deep relaxation and stress reduction. Relieves muscle tension and stiffness. Reduces muscle spasms.

Mental Benefits: Reduces mental stress.

Emotional Benefits: Creates a feeling of well-being. Reduces levels of anxiety.

Increases awareness of the mind-body connection.

Circulatory System's Benefits: Massage speeds the elimination of the waste products of metabolism. Massage helps to reduce swelling. Massage increases the number of red blood cells in circulation. Massage has the overall effect of lowering blood pressure. Massage facilitates tissue healing through the enhancement of circulation. Massage reduces the pulse rate.

Musculoskeletal System's Benefits: Massage increases the blood supply and nutrition to the muscles. Massage relaxes muscles, reducing spasm, tension and cramping. Massage reduces adhesions (knots) and fibrosis.

Massage improves the circulation and nutrition of the joints and can increase joint range of motion. Massage helps to reestablish proper tone in muscles.

Massage reduces muscle and soft tissue pain.

Skin's Benefits: Massage helps to reduce tension in the skin and adjoining tissues as well as increasing its circulation and improve its nutrition.

Respiratory System's Benefits: Massage deepens and normalizes the breathing pattern through relaxation, and release of tension in the breathing structures, both the rib cage and the muscles of respiration.

Massage can be used to relieve congestion in the lungs through percussive and compressive movements.

Digestive System's Benefits: Massage stimulates peristalsis and can reduce cramping or spasm in the digestive tract.

Massage supports healthy digestion through its stress releasing effects.

amanda boon

  holistic therapist