THE WARMTH OF OUR HANDS

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Benefits of Infant Massage
Babies can feel stress, just like adults, so massage can be a great way to help infants learn to relax. It can be a quiet time where both the parents and baby have a chance to enjoy each other's company. Massage is also a wonderful way for parents and baby to bond. This is especially true for Dads who may not have as much "hands-on" time. Babies not only benefit from the time spent together, but the massage can also help to stimulate the circulatory system. Massage a great help in relieving gas and constipation, and can also strengthen the baby's immune system.

Massage and Sports Injury
Sports injuries don't exactly fit into one neat little category. Depending on which sport is being played, the potential for injury can be more, and different areas of the body can be affected. Sports injuries can include things like: sprains, strains, meniscal injuries, and tendintis. While massage treatments for each of these injuries differs, in all cases massage has the potential to help a great deal in recovery. Massage is an excellent, non-invasive way to aid the healing of an injury, and to get you back in top form faster. Massage is also underused as a way of preventing sports injury. Massage isn't just a luxury to be indulged for relaxation (although that's good too!). Regular massage can really help as a way of keeping soft tissues and joints at optimum health so that sports injuries are less likely to occur, and if they do, recovery can be easier.

Myofascial Release Therapy
Fascia is a connective tissue that surround muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. Myofascia refers specifically to the connective tissue that surrounds muscles. Sometimes, when fascia becomes restriced, the muscles underlying it are also affected. If fascia is restriced it can keep a tight muscle tight, and contribute to pain. Myofascial release is a technique used to release the restricted fascia, and therefore allow the underlying tight muscle to release as well. Myofascial release                                                                                                   can make a huge difference in correcting unhealthy posture and reducing muscle tightness and pain.