We’ve all felt stress manifesting in our bodies: tight shoulders, stiff necks, and aching backs. Ouch! Just thinking about it is painful 🙁 Fortunately, massage therapy helps reduce stress in your everyday life. Measures of oxygen consumption, blood pressure, and salivary cortisol levels were all lower after only 10 to 15 minutes of massage therapy…
4 CommentsMassage therapy benefitsBy Rachel MacklesFrom a handshake to a long embrace to a therapeutic massage, touch is more than just a Love Language. It’s a proven way to enhance both physical and mental health and wellness. Here at MassageBook, we do not believe that massage therapy is a luxury. We believe that massage therapy is a necessity. There is a powerful connection…
1 CommentHealthy Living, Massage therapy benefits, MassageBookBy Kyle CannonStruggling with your sleep schedule? Anyone who hasn’t been sleeping well knows that we’re not ourselves without a good night’s sleep. Did you know…? Even moderately sleep-deprived individuals are 50% slower to respond than someone who is under the influence of alcohol*. 30% of adult Americans suffer from insomnia. 37.9% of people have reported falling…
1 CommentEducation, Healthy Living, Massage therapy benefitsBy Kyle CannonAccording to the CDC, 30% of Americans (or 40 million of us) are not getting adequate sleep (six or fewer hours per night). Night-shift workers, especially those in logistics, transportation and healthcare, are at the highest risk of sleep deprivation. Those who work more than 40 hours per week are more likely to be sleep…
Leave a commentEducation, Healthy Living, Massage therapy benefitsBy Kyle CannonDid you know that 57% of people in a 2019 survey said that they felt “paralyzed” by stress? 45% of Americans report that they have stayed awake at night at least once in the last month due to stress. 34% respondents in the same survey also said they have felt fatigued due to stress in the…
1 CommentEducation, Healthy LivingBy Kyle CannonProfessional athletes around the world competing at the highest levels love sports massage for recuperation, but could it be something you’d benefit from as well? What is sports massage? Sports massage therapy is a form of deep tissue massage that often also incorporates myofascial techniques to assist in correcting imbalances and problems in the muscles,…
Leave a commentEducation, Healthy Living, Massage therapy benefitsBy Kyle CannonHave you ever noticed how stress and anxiety seem to stick around much longer than the “event” itself? Why is it that we hold on to our negative emotions the longest? Join us in a simple yet valuable practice… LET IT GO. Did you just say to yourself, “I wish…”? We thought you might, so…
Leave a commentFun, Healthy LivingBy Kyle CannonAh, massage. Merely thinking of it and the world stops. For the word, massage has this way of invoking happy feels: like it’s Friday (and a long weekend). Or like a walk on the beach. That feeling every time the gentle waves touch your toes. Amazing. But whatever it is that sends…
2 CommentsHealthy Living, massage therapists, Massage therapy benefitsBy Mark Volkmann10 Ways Massage Can Improve Wellness In this day and age, if you’re not stressed out there ‘must’ be something wrong with you. High levels of stress in our daily lives is simply the norm for most of us. Luckily for this generation, there are many ways to de-stress—travel, yoga, exercise, movies, dining and more,…
5 CommentsMassage therapy benefits, UncategorizedBy Mark VolkmannFall usually sounds like the perfect time to relax a bit after an action-packed summer, but achy joints and cranky muscles may be keeping you from enjoying yourself fully. Here are six unexpected reasons you need a massage this fall. You’ve been super active Summer sports and activities like running, swimming, hiking, kayaking…
1 CommentHealthy Living, Massage therapy benefitsBy Rachel Mackles
