Massage relaxes muscle contractions, spasms, and relieves general body
tensions.
Massage dilates the blood vessels, thus improving the circulation.
Massage increases the number of red blood cells especially in cases of anemia.
Massage acts as a mechanical cleanser pushing along lymphatic fluids and hastening the elimination of wastes and toxic debris.
Massage increases the blood supply and nutrition to muscles without adding to their load of toxic lactic acid, produced through voluntary muscle contraction.
Massage improves muscle tone and helps prevent or delay muscular atrophy resulting from forced inactivity.
Massage may have a sedative, stimulating or even exhausting effect on the nervous system depending on the type and length of massage treatment given.
Transverse massage separates muscle fibers, undoing or preventing the formation of adhesions and trigger points.
According to authorities, massage may burst the fat capsule in the subcutaneous so that the fat exudes and becomes absorbed. In this way, massage combined with a nutritious but calorie-deficient diet can be an aid to reducing.
