How massage can benefit you

As a massage therapist you would expect me to be a big advocate of touch therapies.  We often think of the benefits of touch therapies like massage in terms of our physical health but they also impact out mental wellbeing too.  So l wanted to share with you the details of a new report that has found that introducing touch therapies withing the NHS could potentially reduce mental health problems by 10%, potentially reducing sick days by 1.76 million.

The report also concluded that touch therapies including massage can help you manage

  • back pain
  • neck & shoulder pain
  • osteoarthritis
  • cancer symptoms and treatment side effects
  • fibromyalgia
  • HIV/AIDS
  • premature infant care

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