Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. Perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress.  Some people enjoy massage because it often produces feelings of caring, comfort and connection.  Wellness massage benefits translate into:

• Greater energy and reduced fatigue
• Decreased stress, tension and anxiety.
• Calms the nervous system.
• Promotes better quality of sleep
• Increases circulation nourishing tissues and organs
• Improved posture
• Reduces chronic pain
• Promotes joint flexibility and increased coordination
• Speeds recovery after injury or surgery
• Reduces spasms and cramping, releases tight achy muscles
• Promotes mental alertness & improves concentration
• Provides a sense of well-being

Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:

• Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
• Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
• Ease medication dependence.
• Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body's natural defense system.
• Exercise and stretch weak, tight or atrophied muscles.
• Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
• Improve the health and tone of the body's largest organ—the skin.
• Increase joint flexibility and range of motion.
• Lessen depression and anxiety increasing sense of wellness.
• Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
• Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
• Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
• Reduce spasms and cramping.
• Relax and soften injured, tired and overused muscles.
• Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller.
• Relieve migraine pain.