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Tis The Season For Massage Therapy

Tis The Season For Massage Therapy

The holiday season is a superb time for massage therapy. People share festivities and traditions with family and friends. You seek out long lost friends, as well as, hark back to the memorable times that you have spent together. Anywhere you look, you see the magnificent holiday decorations on display. The world tends to be in a fine mood and cheerful greetings are somehow exchanged with complete strangers. The whole thing seems to be in a right and perfect place, you think in the back of your mind, “why can’t it be like this each time holiday comes?”

 

Are you aware that the holiday season isn’t wonderful for all and sundry? According to the National Institute of Health, despair and sadness strikes about 18 million American’s annually. The holiday season could trigger feelings of depression and dread, anxiety and misery. With the additional demand of house guests, shopping, as well as, family reunions, come higher stress levels.

 

When you are strained or in a stressful condition, hormones such as epinephrine and cortisol mobilize energy from storage to your muscles, launching you into fight or flight mode. If you are engaged in this condition for too long however, there are notable increases in your heart rate, blood pressure as well as breathing. Reproductive system, digestive system growth as well as immunity system will shutdown. Continuous stress can therefore lead to depleted energy supplies, ulcers, and hypertension. This activity can result in sleep deprivation, depression, as well as, other conditions that can be incredibly unhealthy.

 

How will you cope with this additional anxiety, stress or holiday depression? Well the first and perhaps most important must be a consultation with your doctor. Your doctor might recommend treatment or medication. If you will choose a holistic approach to treating stress and anxiety due to holiday season, discuss massage therapy as an alternative to treatment with your doctor.

 

Massage therapy is a proven way of treatment for both emotional and physical stress. It is also an efficient way to get rid of depression and anxiety. Massage will boost the serotonin and dopamine levels in your bloodstream that reduces depression and stress. Massage also reduces cortisol, norepinephrine and epinephrine levels.  These are stress hormones and through minimizing them by means of massage you will efficiently reduce depression, stress as well as anxiety through holiday season.

 

For a healthier and more enjoyable lifestyle experiment with natural stress reliever like massage therapy, increase energy levels, as well as, enhance mental and physical performance if you treat yourself to any type of massage. It doesn’t matter if it is a Swedish, Shiatsu or Trager, it doesn’t matter. All massages are effective, as well as, advantageous with regards to stress relief due to holiday blues.

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