Benefits of Therapeutic Massage

Everyone feels great after a well done therapeutic massage. Massage has been documented back to 2700 BC and found in many ancient cultures. For example, it is documented that the Chinese, Egyptians, Indians, Greeks, and Romans all benefited from therapeutic massage. In fact, Hippocrates wrote of the benefits of massage in the 5th century BC. However, even with widespread awareness and rich history, few people realize how many health benefits there are to getting a massage and why it has such profound effects. Therapeutic massage can be used for pain control/relief, healing, and overall wellness.

Naming just a few benefits, a good massage, especially one that works into your muscles such as a deep tissue massage, can help alleviate back pain, enhance the immune system, exercise weak muscles, increase flexibility, lessen depression, improve circulation, and relieve tension. With all these benefits, the primary advantages can be summed up as reduced fatigue and increased energy.

A number of methods are used in professional massage, including moving pressure, fixed pressure, holding, kneading, point pressure, and distributed pressure. A professional therapist may use hands, elbows, forearms, and even knees and feet to release the tension deep in your muscles. Professional massage therapists may also use a device or machine to assist in massage. Small hand-held devices that can provide point pressure are common as are professional massage machines that use percussion to drive the massage deep into your muscle tissue. A machine-assisted massage can be provided quicker and deeper than a manual massage and causes less fatigue on the massage therapist.

Therapeutic massage helps the patient with pain control/relief by sending impulses to the brain through the same nerves that transmit pain signals. By doing so, the receptors in the brain never receive pain impulses because they are effectively blocked. As a patient receives a therapeutic massage, natural pain killing endorphins are released which act very much like a high power drug in dulling the senses to pain. In addition, muscles are loosened which improves circulation allowing oxygen and nourishment to reach painful muscles, thereby allowing them to relax.

A therapeutic massage stimulates the lymph system. The lymph system brings nutrients to every cell in the body and takes away waste products produced by the body's cells. Sore and tight muscles are usually starved for oxygen and nutrients because their tightness is preventing the lymph system from operating effectively. A therapeutic massage dilates blood vessels while loosening muscles. This restores the lymph system, allowing for nutrients to pass and waste to be taken away.

It's been proven that reducing stress levels prolongs life, improves relationships with family members, and provides overall improvements in people's lives. Whether you tend to exercise a lot, perform regular physical work, or are just stuck sitting behind a desk at your job, it's extremely important that you learn to relax tense muscles on a regular basis.

The Thumper Mini line of massagers is specifically and professionally created to alleviate all the tension in your body's muscles, which will obviously improve blood flow and make you more physically relaxed. Thumper massagers come in many different shapes and sizes so that absolutely everyone can receive the body rub of their dreams for a very affordable price in the privacy of their very own houses.

The Maxi Pro is a professional size piece of massaging equipment designed to work much more than one muscle area simultaneously. With this machine, you can work both paraspinal muscles at the same time, your two thighs, or both calves. The Maxi Pro massager was created for solo use, so you're sure to get a tremendous massage, even during self-application. Unlike other massagers of lesser quality, you will feel the gentle pounding of this machine deep down into your entire body. Indeed, it is that type of penetration that will provide you with complete stress reduction and muscle relaxation.

You should also note that should you think that a smaller massager would be more appropriate for your needs, the Mini Pro 2 provides you with the great massage of the Maxi Pro in a more compact package and at a lower price point. Indeed, the Mini Pro 2 is great for massaging hard to reach areas of your back like your shoulder blades.

Have a look at Thumper Mini Pro for yourself and feel the difference that a professional-quality massage in the comfort of your own home can make!