MASSAGE

MASSAGE: AN ANTIDOTE TO STRESS

MASSAGE: AN ANTIDOTE TO STRESS

We are not always able to avoid the pitfalls of modern life and stress that accompanies them. Life often pushes us and puts us under constant emotional assault: pessimism surrounds us with the bleak news in the media; the environment that bombards us from noises and pollution to electric radiation around us.

We are not always able to avoid the pitfalls of modern life and stress that accompanies them. Life often pushes us and puts us under constant emotional assault: pessimism surrounds us with the bleak news in the media; the environment that bombards us from noises and pollution to electric radiation around us.

Internally, we suffer from our perfectionism. Eager to please others, we set too many objectives in too short a time. Sometimes unfounded worries and emotions, which are too internalised affect our well-being and increase our stress .

We are more and more numerous to juggle our professional, family and private lives. The resulting stress deteriorates our relationships with others. No wonder our health is deteriorating in times of stress!

Our lifestyles cause us too often to trigger the stress response summed up by the “fight or flight“: under the effect of stress, our muscles stiffen , ready to help us to fight or flee. Blood pressure and heart rate increase, we breathe faster and our liver releases cholesterol into the blood. Not at all good for our health!

The good news is that we can stop this cycle by adopting a healthy lifestyle and, above all, learning to relax.

Relaxation can take several forms: a bath, a walk, a yoga session, sauna, good reading, meditation, breathing exercises and of course, a good massage. In essence, massage helps us to regain our inner connection with the power transmitted by touch. Through massage, the area of ​​the brain linked to parasympathetic nervous system is then stimulated: the heart rate and breathing slows, blood pressure decreases, the immune and digestive systems work better.

Massage is one of the most effective means of relaxation because it helps us to silence the inner voice that drives us to do more, faster and faster. It encourages us to breathe slowly and deeply, relaxes our muscles, our heart rate and blood pressure slow down and this ultimately allows us to simply live better.