How Does Massage Work?
Massage has a way of gently moving you into a state of relaxation where your nervous system is calmed and soothed through the use of traditional massage techniques. This is known as the relaxation response. The other normal response is known as the mechanical response. This effect happens when pressure is applied to soft tissue like muscle.
Together, these responses can produce direct and indirect physical and emotional benefits.
What is the relaxation response created by massage therapy?
During a massage, a caring, intimate and safe touch is an invitation to relax. This, with pain relief and sexual response, generally causes relaxation.
The relaxation response is a state in which your heart rate and breathing slow down, the body begins to relax, the production of stress hormones decreases, blood pressure decreases, and the muscles begin to let go of their tension and relax.
The relaxation response also tends to increase the available level of serotonin, a chemical that positively affects emotions and thoughts in your brain.
Another major bonus of the relaxation response is how it combats the physical effects of stress and reduces the associated risks:
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Anxiety
- Persistent fatigue
- Digestive disorders
- Psychological problems
- Sexual problems
So what are your body’s responses to massage?
The touch therapy has two major physical effects:
- It increases the blood and lymph circulation within the body to help nourish and cleanse cells,
- It helps to relax the soft tissue (primarily muscles), which soothes and releases nervous tension and deeper connective tissues,
- It helps to increase and activate your sexual feelings
Please discuss your issues you may be experiencing with your massage therapist and make it clear what are your hidden desired outcomes you want to experience from the massage. It is our pleasure to help you during the treatment.
During a massage, you should always feel very comfortable. If it is not the case you have to immediately tell to your massage, what is wrong and how she should for example modify the pressure or tell which area is more problematic for you.
Our massage therapists love getting real-time feedback from their clients as it provides them the information needed to truly customize the massage work they do on you.
A massage therapy session typically lasts between 30 and 90 minutes. Your “job” during this time is to focus on the massage experience by visualizing stress and knots melting away while the strokes of the massage therapist away. One very effective method when a tender or especially tight area is being worked on is to imagine breathing into the painful or tensed area and then consciously relaxing it during the breathing. Almost as if you’re breathing out the tension.
Now that you understand more clearly the benefits massage therapy can provide and you understand how to get the most out of each massage session, all that’s left is finding a great massage therapist to work with.
Fortunately, it’s easy to find the best professional massage therapists in Dubai. You just have to visit K Sensations Spa in C Central Resort, and discover our treatments. Find one that is the best match for you!
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