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Massage, Energy Healing and Facelift Massage
Massage, Energy Healing and Facelift Massage
Science Shows:
Massage Benefits Are More Than Skin Deep
According to a recent New York Times article, clinical research shows that massage caused biological changes in test subjects. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles recruited 53 healthy adults, fitted them with intravenous catheters so blood samples could be taken immediately before the massage and up to an hour afterward.
To their surprise, the researchers, sponsored by the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a division of the National Institutes of Health, found that a single session of massage caused biological changes. Volunteers who received Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin, a hormone that can lead to increases in cortisol. They also had increases in the number of lymphocytes, white blood cells that are part of the immune system.
Volunteers who had a light massage experienced greater increases in oxytocin, a hormone associated with contentment, and bigger decreases in adrenal corticotropin hormone, which stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol. Bottom line, massage is a medically-proven stress buster!
Good Massage Does More Than Relax Your Muscles...
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