Beneficial Effects of Massage
ã Massage dilates the blood vessels, improving
the circulation and relieving congestion
throughout the body.
ã Massage increases the number of red blood
cells especially in cases of anemia.
ã Massage acts as a "mechanical cleanser"
stimulating lymph circulation and hastening the
elimination of wastes and toxic debris.
ã Massage increases blood supply and nutrition
to muscles without adding to their load of toxic
lactic acid, produced through voluntary muscle
contraction. Massage thus helps to prevent
buildup of harmful "fatigue" products resulting
from strenuous exercise or injury.
ã Massage improves muscle tone and helps
prevent or delay muscular atrophy resulting
from forced inactivity.
ã Massage can compensate, in part, for lack of
exercise and muscular contraction in persons
who because of injury, illness or age are forced
to remain inactive. In these cases, massage
helps return venous blood to the heart and so
eases the strain on this vital organ.
ã Massage may have a sedative, stimulating or
even exhausting effect on the nervous system
depending on the type and length of massage
treatment given.
(an excerpt from "Survival
into the 21st Century," by
Viktoras Kulvinskas, 21st
Century Publications, P.O.
Box 64, Woodstock Valley,
CT 06282)
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