How a Massage can Boost your Immunity & Reduce Stress

What are the Benefits of Massage Therapy?

Massage therapy leaves you feeling great, helps overcome the stresses placed on the body, and leaves you feeling rejuvenated for the days ahead. There are very few things in life that can compare to a luxurious massage experience, wherein you are allowed to lie back, relax and bask in the pampering that your therapists provide.

Massage therapy, however, is not simply about pampering. It also provides several health benefits that are essential to your physical well-being, both in the short term and in the long term. Some of the health benefits that massage offers include:

1. Reduced muscle tension:

Massage helps stretch your muscles, which helps relieve muscle tension, and increase elasticity. Certain schools of thought believe that this can help reduce the risk of muscle injuries, such as hamstring, calf, or back injuries.

2. Improved Circulation:

Massage therapy has the direct benefit of improving circulation to the affected area. For example, a back massage will increase the circulation of blood to your back, helping it to recover from wear and tear at a far quicker rate than would have otherwise been possible. An added bonus, as a result of the improved circulation, is an improvement in skin tone!

3. Improved joint mobility and flexibility:

As discussed above, massage therapy helps stretch your muscles and reduce the risk of muscle injury. Another benefit of stretching the muscles is that it also helps improve the mobility and flexibility of the connected joints.

4. Stimulation of the Lymphatic System:

Our lymphatic system is responsible for the drainage of waste and toxins from our bodies. It achieves this result by circulating and draining the lymphatic fluid from the body. Unlike the circulatory system which has the heart to pump blood, the lymphatic system has no pump.

Certain massages, such as our detox massage, are designed to stimulate the lymphatic system and aid the body in draining it of these toxins, by massaging the body in a manner that stimulates the movement of the lymphatic fluid.

Improved circulation, combined with the release of toxins from the body, actually has a positive impact on the immune system, as you are ridding the body of toxifying elements, while at the same time increasing the activity of white blood cells, which are responsible for the body’s health and well-being.

What a lot of people associate with massage is one of its most well-known side effects- that it helps to reduce stress. But how exactly does a massage do that?

How a Massage can help Reduce Stress

Massage is an effective treatment to help decrease stress. Massage helps to decrease stress by lowering the heart rate, relaxing muscles, and releasing endorphins.

 Massage helps to decrease stress by lowering the heart rate. Massage increases the temperature in the body and promotes relaxation. When the body relaxes, the heart rate is reduced. Stress levels are relieved and the feeling of calmness and relaxation increases.

Massage reduces stress by relaxing muscles and soft tissues in the body. Massage relaxes muscles by increasing temperature and blood circulation. An increase in temperature is stimulated by friction against the skin. Increased circulation delivers more blood to the muscles, removing waste products and relieving tension.

Massage also helps decrease stress by releasing endorphins that calm the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system is part of the nervous system in the body. The function of the peripheral nervous system is the communication relay between the brain and extremities. Massage stimulates feel-good hormones in the peripheral nervous system allowing messages of calmness and relaxation to be relayed. When endorphins are released, stress-related hormones are decreased therefore the feeling of stress is relieved.

Given the current situation with stressful jobs, any activity that helps reduce our stress levels is a welcome relief. If it can also help reduce our chances of falling ill by boosting our immunity, then it’s something we should all be doing.

So what are you waiting for? Book your appointmentat our service center at Marina, Dubaitoday!

What do You need to Know Before Your First Massage?

There isn’t much planning that needs to be done before you visit one of our luxury spas in Dubai. You don't require any sort of paperwork or identification proof. However, it is critical that you inform the team of any pre-existing medical conditions you may have that our team needs to be kept in mind or could get aggravated during the massage therapy.

Another important point to keep in mind is the fact that certain massages can be painful. It is important to ensure that your therapist tailors the massage to your pain thresholds, but this will only happen if you inform the therapist about what that threshold is.

This is something to keep in mind when deciding which massage you’d like to choose.

To book a massage session in Dubai, you can contact us at +971 54 493 0035. Our experienced massage therapists are committed to helping you achieve your wellness goals through the healing power massage.

So why wait? Book your session today and experience the numerous benefits of regular deep tissue massage for yourself.