06/10/2022
When I first started training as a Massage Therapist, a kind friend who lives with fibromyalgia became one of my ‘practice bodies’💆... I know, free massages? Who wouldn’t… but it was a great insight into a condition I knew little about at the time
This lady enjoyed regular massages, long before I came along, as it helped her to manage her pain, and to find relief and relaxation 🌿
Reducing stress and improving sleep can have major benefits to your lifestyle if your living with a chronic illness, and massage definitely contributes to both of those factors ✅
A study in 2011 showed that massage therapy caused reductions in sensitivity to pain at tender points in patients with FM, as well as lowering anxiety levels and increasing quality of sleep ✅
Another study from 2014, which systematically reviewed nine other studies about massage therapy and FM, found that massage therapy had immediate beneficial effects on improving pain, anxiety and depression in patients with FM ✅
According to this same study, massage therapy is particularly effective when it is administered to soft and connective tissues because this improves muscle flexibility, as well as modulating local blood and lymph circulation ✅
If this post has resonated with you, I’d love to support you at my home studio, B-Spa Massage in Chester le Street 🌻♾️
Book your appointment online at🔗bspamassage.co.uk (link in bio)
Hope to see you soon,
Becca x
