According to the AMTA here are the 25 reasons to get a massage: which five describe your justification?
25 reasons to get a massage
- 1. Relieve stress
- 2. Relieve postoperative pain
- 3. Reduce anxiety
- 4. Manage low-back pain
- 5. Help Fribromyalgia pain
- 6. Reduce muscle tension
- 7. Enhance exercise performance
- 8. Relieve tension headaches
- 9. Sleep better
- 10. Ease symptoms of depression
- 11. Improve cardiovascular health
- 12. Decrease pain of osteoarthritis
- 13. Decrease stress in cancer patients
- 14. Improve balance in older adults
- 15. Decrease rheumatoid arthritis pain
- 16. Temper effections of dementia
- 17. Promote relaxation
- 18. Lower blood pressure
- 19. Decrease symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome
- 20. Help chronic neck pain
- 21. Lower joint replacement pain
- 22. Increase range of motion
- 23. Decrease migraine frequency
- 24. Improve quality of life in hospice care
- 25. Reduce chemotherapy-related nausea