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Massage Therapy’s Top 10 Benefits

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Massage Therapy’s Top 10 Benefits
Massage can soothe a stressed mind and also ease pain from a variety of conditions. Minerva Studio/iStock
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Massage feels great and research shows it can improve your health in many ways. From depression and insomnia to preterm birth and autism, massage has been found to offer important health gains for people from young to old.

Massage is often seen as a way to relax and indulge, but there is a wealth of scientific research documenting its health benefits. These are the top ten conditions that research has so far found the most benefit from massage.

1. Depression

Mothers who learned to give their baby an infant massage experienced reduced postpartum depression and increased mother-baby interactions.[i],[ii] Massaged mothers had less postpartum depression, decreased anxiety and pain during labor and shortened labor time and hospital stay.[iii]
Diane Fulton
Diane Fulton
MD
Dr. Diane Fulton is a professor emeritus at Clayton State University. She holds a Ph.D./MBA in business (University of Tennessee–Knoxville) and a bachelor’s with math/secondary education majors (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee). During her 45-year career as an administrator/professor teaching research and business, she authored 10 books, over 50 articles, and is now writing children’s books about the body, mindfulness, and cross-cultural awareness. Her passion is to share her knowledge to integrate a healthy body, mind, and soul. This article was originally published on GreenMedinfo.com
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