benefits of massage therapy

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Massage Therapy is a kind of body work that improvises any kind of function within the body by use of hand in different technical ways. Massage therapy helps in manipulating the soft body tissues in order to enhance health of an individual. It is a very old form of medical art work that has cured many diseases and illness of human bodies. There are several types of massage therapy, which includes different techniques however it is divided into two fundamental categories rehabilitative massage and relaxation massage. Medical practitioners in medical offices or clinics mostly perform rehabilitative massage. Most of the time massage therapy is useful for spinal manipulation that are rendered by massage therapists or chiropractors. Massage therapy is also rendered by physical therapists in many countries. However, different types of massage parlors and spas most commonly use the other category of massage therapy, which is relaxation massage. Both types of massage therapies can help in the improvement of physical health in humans. Massage therapy helps to reduce pain that is caused by repetitive motion and over work. Massage therapy is also useful because it helps in reducing different types of stress that can cause disorders either physical or mental. Massage therapy was a common practice to treat illness in China and Japan and later on it spread to the rest part of the world in different forms. There are some theorists who have given refuting statements regarding this therapy mentioning the usefulness of medicines however, massage therapy has its own importance in human life, and is the oldest and greatest treatment in medical science.
Massage therapy has come a Chinese health treating system. In early ages there were few methods of...

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...of massage therapy. Massage therapy does not have any negative impacts on muscle or tissues. It instead boosts up the movement of body fluids which, in turn helps to keep the body healthy and fit. Muscle therapy also has a positive impact on any kind of stress on the brain. Because of massage negative stress can be minimized and allows the ability of the brain to work properly.

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