Massage Therapy Benefits
For the longest time I thought massage therapy was an excuse to have your health insurance pay for you to get a massage. I was wrong. Not only is massage therapy a legitimate form of physical therapy, it can also improve your stress level.
A friend of mine had a terrible ski injury a couple years back and as part of his physical therapy was getting regular massages for his back. After recovering, his insurance no longer paid for the massage treatments and it only took a couple of weeks for him to notice a difference. He started getting a short temper and found himself so stressed out over the weekend he couldn’t have fun. Someone randomly asked him who he used to go to for his massages and that’s when it dawned on him: it was the massages.
He immediately called the spa and booked an appointment. His stress level mellowed and I could officially say he was much more pleasant to be around.
Tags: massage therapy, massages, physical therapy, spa, stress level
