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The Power of Healing Hands If you think massage is an indulgence of the very rich, think again. Therapeutic massage is now becoming recognized as a useful non-drug technique for alleviating a number of ailments or rejuvenating your stressed-out body, especially for women. And all you have to do is lie serenely on a padded table. "Massage is a great way to recharge your batteries, especially for women who expend vast amounts of energy taking care of others at home, in the community or on the job," says Shawne Bryant, M.D., gynecologist and certified massage therapist in Virginia Beach, Virginia. "Massage fosters a woman's physical, mental and spiritual well-being in a way that few other therapies or stress-busting activities can." And, she adds, the benefits of massage begin the minute that your appointment begins. "You've set aside an un interruptible hour just for you. That alone is a powerful healing message, which for most women is too often denied," says Dr. Bryant. A NECESSITY, NOT A LUXURY "Massage clearly induces physiological changes that not only make you feel better but also reduce stress hormones and enhance immune function," says Tiffany Field, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics, psychology and psychiatry at the University of Miami School of Medicine. As director and founder of the Touch Research Institute at the school, Dr. Field has conducted extensive research on the physiological benefits of massage. Massage can allow quicker recovery from physical stress and trauma and help eliminate the post-workout buildup of lactic acid, a byproduct of exertion that causes muscle aches, writes licensed massage therapist Thomas Claire, author of Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get-And How to Make the Most of It. Dr. Bryant says that more research studies need to be developed on the benefits of massage therapy. But massage may work because it increases circulation. "When you increase the blood supply to the massaged area, you increase the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues, and you facilitate the removal of waste products," says Dr. Bryant. "In addition, increased circulation promotes healing by increasing the cells involved with fighting infection and disease." "There are good studies showing that massage decreases the lymph-related swelling that many women experience following mastectomies," says Adriane Fugh-Berman, M.D., former head of field investigations for the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. And, she says, studies showing that your urine output increases following a massage might mean that massage speeds your body's waste-removal process. A NATURAL AID FOR EMOTIONAL HEALING Other practitioners recommend massage for women under emotional stress. "Just think about the act of stopping yourself from crying," says Ben E. Benjamin, Ph.D., muscular therapist and president of The Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It's physical as well as emotional. You contract muscles all over your body to make yourself stop crying, and those contractions can lead to stiffness and soreness over time." "The same thing happens when you get angry, tense or scared," says Dr. Benjamin. "Eventually, these negative emotions are stored in your tissues. Massage-also referred to as therapeutic bodywork-can reduce tension formed in the body by these repressed emotions." |