Whether you are looking to relieve stress or rehabilitating from an injury, massage therapy can benefit you in your recovery. Massage therapy is a hands-on manipulation of soft tissues such as your muscles, ligaments, tendons, fascia and skin. Physiological effects can help both inhibit muscle spasm or stimulate and enhance muscle function.
Some benefits are listed below:

• • Reduces or eliminates pain
• • Improves joint mobility
• • Improves circulation
• • Improves immune system functioning
• • Increases lymphatic drainage
• • Reduces depression and anxiety
• • Reduces tension within muscles
• • Increases body awareness

 
The psychological benefits of massage should not be ignored either. Stress can play a huge role in our health and on how we feel overall in our day to day activities. By combating stress, your overall health can benefit. These effects are experienced by people of all ages. The injured, ill and stressed can benefit, but the real strength of massage therapy lies in prevention.