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  Massage effectively treats psychological conditions like anxiety, depression, attention deficit disorder, and physically stressful trauma. Massage has physical benefits in injury prevention, recovery, and stress reduction. Determine what kind of massage practitioner suits your immediate needs. Get advice from someone who has regular massages. Massage therapists have specializations in cranial-sacral, Swedish, ayurvedic, lymphatic, hot stone, and sports massage techniques. Ask about their processes in the interview. Professional therapists ground their own energy, and provide skillful application of technique when they are calm, relaxed, and focused. Medical staff can recommend massage practitioners with techniques specific to your needs.
  
  

Injury Recovery

• Human touch massage has benefits over a massage tool because of an intuitive application and reaction of the therapist when used with manual therapy. Human touch massage is particularly important when there is a trauma-related injury that a client wants to address. The therapist will respond to feedback regarding pressure, sensitivity, and pain management. Injury recovery time decreases with applied manual massage therapies.
  
  

Immunity Boosting

• Types of massage that are especially detoxifying are hot stone, lymphatic drainage, and ayurveda massages. Massages that boost the immune system are typically gentle and work on the surface of the skin, rather than in deep muscle tissue or scar tissues. Moving the lymph system through hands-on massage allows the skin to process toxins contained in its layers. If you have never experienced a massage, these types of massage might adversely affect your digestion. They might make you feel tired from the release of toxins that have been stored over time.
  
  

Psychology

• Stress reduction is a major benefit to any human touch massage. Healing touch is recorded in the histories of many cultures. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, or mental fatigue are alleviated with the applied techniques of human touch massage. Human touch massage is experiential with varying effects.
  
  

Increases Circulation

• Stress reduction is a primary benefit of human touch massage. Reducing stress has a positive effect on the heart and circulation. Tension is released from chronically contracted muscles. A professional therapist works to bring relaxation to the body and mind with breathing as well as physical manipulations.
  
  

Flexibility

• Human touch massage appears to have little negative effects when approached by a professional therapist. Range of motion problems are addressed by a therapist with deep tissue, Swedish, or shiatsu massage. Ask before booking the massage when there is a specific request. Each therapist has his or her own individual comfort level with different techniques.