Massage Benefits

There are many physical and psychological benefits to massage. To maximise the potential of these benefits, Karminbo recommend an ongoing massage programme. Contact us to discuss the massage that is right for you.

MUSCLES

• INCREASED NUTRITION TO THE MUSCLE
• RELIEVES FATIGUE BY REMOVING LACTIC ACID
• RELAXES TENSE MUSCLE e.g. POSTURAL CORRECTION
• CAN STIMULATE FLACCID MUSCLE
• FRICTIONS INTO MUSCLES RUNNING OVER JOINTS WILL HELP IMPROVE RANGE OF MOVEMENT
• WEAK AND UNUSED MUSCLES RETURN TO NORMAL QUICKER (BLOOD FLOWS 3 TIMES QUICKER THROUGH A MUSCLE BEING MASSAGED).

CIRCULATORY AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

• IMPROVED VENOUS RETURN
• NUTRITION TO ALL AREAS IMPROVED
• WASTE PRODUCTS CARRIED AWAY QUICKER
• LYMPHATIC FLOW ACCELERATED

SKIN

• IMPROVED TEXTURE
• IMPROVED COLOUR THROUGH VASODILATION AND INCREASED CIRCULATION
• INCREASED REMOVAL OF WASTE VIA LYMPH FLOW
• SEBACEOUS SECRETIONS STIMULATED ON DRY SKIN AND ABSORPTION OF OILS WILL HELP THE CONDITION
• EXFOLIATION IS AIDED LEADING TO SMOOTH SKIN CONDITION
• ALL THE SKIN’S FUNCTIONS ARE IMPROVED, THEREFORE LESS RISK OF BACTERIAL INVASION
• ELASTICITY OF SKIN IS STRENGTHENED. THIS HELPS PREVENT WRINKLES AND IMPROVES THE SKIN AROUND SCAR TISSUE

NERVES

• BY NERVE STIMULATION ORGANS CAN FUNCTION BETTER e.g. STIMULATION OF SECRETERY NERVES OF STOMACH AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
• SOOTHING AND RELAXING EFFECT ON SENSORY NERVE ENDINGS

BONES AND JOINTS

• THROUGH INCREASED PRESSURE AND CIRCULATION THE BONES AND JOINTS ARE NOURISHED VIA THE PERIOSTEUM
• JOINT MOBILITY IS INCREASED AND MAINTAINED
• PREVENTION OF ADHESIONS AND JOINT STIFFNESS

LUNGS

• BY MOBILIZING THE JOINTS OF THE THORAX AND IMPROVING THE TONE OF THE RESPIRATORY MUSCLES, THIS WILL INDIRECTLY IMPROVE LUNG FUNCTION

ABDOMEN

• PERISTALSIS STIMULATED. THIS WILL HELP IMPROVE A SLUGGISH SYSTEM. COLONIC KNEADING IMPROVES THE FLOW OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOWEL
• SOOTHES THE NERVES AND WILL HELP CALM SPASM AND FLATULENCE
• STIMULATION OF DIGESTIVE JUICES

PSYCHOLOGICAL

• THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF MASSAGE CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED. ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS EFFECTS IS OF RELAXATION AND THIS CAN LEAD TO A FEELING OF GREAT STRESS RELEASE. THIS WILL HELP TO PREVENT THE BUILD UP OF STRESS RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS AND GIVE A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
• MASSAGE MAY HELP THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM INSOMNIA