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28-05-2020
Column: Beauty and Wellness - WHY MASSAGE HELPS WITH ANXIETY AND STRESS
Column: Beauty and Wellness - WHY MASSAGE HELPS WITH ANXIETY AND STRESS
“I need a massage,” said anyone who has felt stressed and tense, ever. Well, maybe not everyone; but most of us have uttered those words in the middle of an anxious moment, or at the end of a very long day. Because we know a massage can help us relax. We’re familiar with the experience of it. The sensations of calm and peace that flow through us when we lie on the massage table, with the aroma of massage oils and the expert hands of a trained masseuse easing our muscles and our minds.

But how does massage do that? What’s the science behind it? Is it just some kind of social placebo or is there something going on in our physiology that shifts us from stress to bliss?

Here are three scientifically measurable reasons why massage helps with anxiety and stress:

Massage releases endorphins – massage increases blood flow in the areas of the body being massaged and this causes the release of endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine. All of these happy hormones flood your body during or after a good massage which ca

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