There aren’t many better ways to treat yourself than a full body massage. Professional manipulation of your skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments is one of the most relaxing treatments you will ever experience. A full body massage will cover your neck, shoulders, back, arms and legs, even your hands and feet. There are also a great many additional benefits to a full body massage, besides relaxation. Pain and stiffness will often disappear after a good massage. If your muscles are sore or overused, a massage can soften and relax them. Athletes usually find that massages helps to accelerate recovery from normal workouts and a variety of sports injuries. However, even office workers tend to develop kinks in muscles from less than perfect posture while sitting in front of a computer every day. Regular massages are a wonderful way of keeping your body from developing more serious musculoskeletal disorders. The pressure of massage helps to move blood through areas where it may be congested, and that will allow new blood to flow into those areas. Tense and damaged muscles need this more oxygen-rich blood in order to heal, but the improved circulation will also help with other conditions, such as fatigue or cold hands and feet. As a matter of fact, all of your organs will benefit greatly from improved circulation. That means you could see improvement in your overall body function. The increased circulation will also be noticeable in the health and appearance of your skin. Furthermore, the pressure and manipulation of a massage will remove a great deal of dead skin cells all over your body, resulting in a much improved skin tone. If the type of massage you choose involves oil of any kind, it will provide excellent moisturizing benefits.
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