Massage therapy can provide many different benefits to patients who hire a registered massage therapist. Our team at BlueBird Health has compiled a list of 10 of the most common benefits our patients experience from their massage experience with our team:

Reduces Muscle Tension and Stiffness

Massage therapy is an excellent way to reduce your overall muscle tension and muscle stiffness. Emotional stress can lead to physical tension and muscle stiffness, so pretty much anyone can benefit from the muscle tension-relieving effects of massage therapy.

Increases Joint Flexibility and Range of Motion

Regular massage therapy can increase your overall flexibility and your range of motion. Many professional athletes regularly receive registered massage therapy to assist in their athletic abilities and to keep them on top of their game.

Relieves Tension and Stress

Not only does massage therapy help alleviate physical tension, but massage therapy can help alleviate emotional tension and mental stress. Some patients can feel the stress-relieving properties of a massage for days and sometimes weeks after receiving massage therapy.

Causes Better Breathing

Massage therapy can help you increase your breathing by relaxing your muscles and allowing you to expand your lungs better, therefore allowing you to take deeper breaths and causes overall easier and better breathing.

Improves Healing of Soft Tissue Injuries

Massage therapy helps heal soft tissue injuries quicker because of how massage therapy assists in moving blood around your muscles and tissue. This helps carry nutrients to your injuries and heals them quicker.

Helps Improve Skin Health

Massage therapy makes your skin healthier because of how nutrients are brought to the surface of your skin and the healing properties involved with receiving massage in terms of toxins being removed from your body.

Improves Posture

One of the most noticeable benefits of regular massage therapy is improved posture. Many office workers will notice this very quickly because sitting in an office chair all day tends to cause poor posture long-term. Massage therapy helps fix your posture because of how it reduces and removes tension from the muscles that affect your posture.

Improves Mental Health

Massage therapy can actually help alleviate depression and anxiety symptoms because of the emotional wellness and relaxation side effects of receiving a massage. Those who suffer from SAD (seasonal affectionate disorder) can benefit greatly from massage therapy to help them get through the winter seasons.

Improves Mental Alertness

Regular massage therapy can increase mental alertness and overall feelings of well-being to many patients. Receiving regular massages helps alleviate constant stress from work and day-to-day life, thus causing your mental health to be consistently improved.

If you're interested in massage therapy, get in touch with BlueBird Health to book and appointment with our team of licensed registered massage therapists and physiotherapists today!