The benefits of massages

Massage therapy: Your well-being is in good hands at Aybsse. More than a moment of relaxation, massage helps you unwind. It can also alleviate the physical symptoms of stress, such as backaches, ward off certain illnesses and improve your general state of health.

Massage therapy is known for providing many positive effects. It can

• Relieve backaches
• Make muscles more supple and resilient
• Help you let go of underlying tension
• Improves joint mobility
• Facilitate a greater range of motion

Its overall effects on your entire body will be to

• Calm and soothe raw nerves
• Alleviate pain
• Improve sleep
• Increase respiratory capacity
• Promote digestion and reduce constipation
• Aid blood and lymphatic circulation, for greater oxygenation and elimination of toxins
• Benefit the health of your skin.

For your psychological and emotional needs, it can

• Enhance emotional awareness
• Build self-esteem and a sense of personal worth
• Help free your mind and deal with stress

Finally, energy-based massage therapy for areas of tension can

• Rebalance your system, and
• Thereby increase your resistence to disease.

Part of this text is extracted from a document prepared by the Federation quebecoise des massotherapeutes.