The Truth About Massage Therapy and Benefits

Massage:

As an Indian I am quite familiar the massage. Everyone in India especially those who live in rural India takes massage at least once every week. Almost every person is experienced in giving massage to the other family members. People in our part of India generally use warm coconut or sesame oil for the massage. This massage is performed with the person sitting on a stool being rubbed with warm oil to the entire body along with the scalp and face.

Local barbers are considered as experts in this type of massage. These people are well experienced in manipulating the muscles and tendon to relieve the strain and ensure good blood flow every part of the muscle. Massages are usually performed to relieve the muscle tension and muscle and pain and also reduce the stiffness of the muscles. Massage has the ability to increase flexibility and mobility. Massage is considered to remove metabolic waste from the body.

The necessity of massage is more in the modern area and urban lifestyle because of relative lack of exercise. As massage works well from both sprain due to excess use of the muscle and for incomplete blood flow to the muscles due to lack of usage of the muscle. As I said earlier in this blog we have about 639 muscles and very rarely use all of these on a daily basis

Due to prolonged sitting in a chair in front of computer and watching TV continuously for hours lying down in a couch on a regular basis, we lose the strength in many of the important muscles. Due to the continues pressure on some of the muscle like gluteus muscles (buttock muscles) due to prolonged sitting for hours on a daily basis, we tend to have improper blood supply to these muscle resulting in muscle pain. Regular massage enables adequate the blood supply to these muscles.

Ayurveda practitioners use herbal oils with medicinal quality. As the skin is a good absorber along with pain and stress relief massage with herbal oils works as good treatment for specific diseases where the medicine is absorbed through the skin.

Massage Therapy Benefits:

Massage us used as a therapy along with physical therapy due to its success in reducing the pain and stiffness in the muscle resulted due to trauma and prolonged disuse. Massage also is helpful in returning the blood supply in muscles which are not getting adequate blood supply due to disuse for a long time.

Due to the demand by the patients, massage therapy slowly became popular in rehabilitation in trauma cases. Apart from both mental and physical relaxation, massage therapy is also used for many health conditions like back pain, inflammatory arthritis, tendonitis, headaches, migraines, muscle spasm, muscle strain, muscle sprain, blood circulation problems, and carpel tunnel syndrome etc.

Massage Therapy Session:

A massage therapy session makes take half an hour to two hours depending on the method used. Massage as a therapy needs consultation with the therapist does decide the method of the therapy depending on your medical problem.


You will be taken to a massage room and asked to remove the clothes cover yourself with a sheet and lie down on the massage table. The temperature of the room is maintained according the therapy method. You can request to adjust the room temperature if it is too hot to you. Some people continue to wear there undergarments. Some do not prefer massagers of the opposite gender, and these needs of the patient/person will be considered before the session.

The massager used the prescribed oil and starts to massage. The massager concentrates on one part of the body each time and the other body will be covered under sheets. The style of massage used in different countries is different. Most often you will feel very relaxed after the massage, but sometimes you may have aches and pains which may resolve within few hours, but be sure to tell the therapist how you are feeling.

One more important point is to call the therapist for an appointment beforehand. There are certain tips to need to take care of like no heavy meals before massage which will be conveyed to you by the therapist.

Massage Therapy Schools

As our life styles are change the importance of massage for its therapeutic benefits is growing. With this growth in demand for massage the demand of massagers are growing. Those who would like to become massagers can look here for massage schools in USA . If you are already a massager and looking for a job you can look here for massage therapy job

The Truth About Noni Juice and Its Benefits

People who are reading this blog would have noticed my interest in alternative and herbal medicine. This time I am writing about noni juice and its benefits. I have not used the noni juice yet, but would like to provide some information about it.

Like many other herbal juices, the helpful chemicals present in the juice are known but the potential benefits of this juice are mostly beliefs. This plant grows in the Southeast Asian countries and in the South Pacific region. The scientific name of this plant is Morinda citrifola and it is a kind of mulberry.

Like any other herbal juices, the regions where this plant is originated extensively use the fruits, flowers, leaves, and roots for preparation of herbal medicine and juices. The noni plant flowers all the year and gives a fruit which is pungent and bitter in taste. The fruit of noni contains many nutrients like niacin, vitamin c, potassium, vitamin A, calcium and sodium.

Research established that noni contains about ten vitamins, seven types of dietary minerals, and eighteen types of amino acids. It is also know to contain organic acids and xeronine.

Benefits Of Noni Juice

There is a strong belief behind the success of Noni juice that it can cure hypertension, arthritis, mental depression, gastric ulcers, menstrual crams, and many other ailments. It is also known be a good pain killer.

Apart from the above benefits noni juice also know to work for chronic fatigue syndrome and can boost your immune system. It is also known to improve the function of your digestive system and useful for someone who is suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome).

How to Take Noni Juice
Many people cannot get used to the pungent bitter tasting noni juice and hence can be taking by mixing with other fruit juices.

Risks Of Noni Juice
Due to high potassium content of the noni juice, it is not recommended to people who are suffering from kidney disorders. Noni juice should not be used by woman during pregnancy and nursing.

Aromatherapy Benefits

My interesting in alternative medicine took me to aromatherapy. To my knowledge and experience aromatherapy benefits are of two types one is the benefit of complete relaxation you get by the aroma (smell) of the oil used. Other benefit is by the direct physical contact and massage with the oil.

I must say that you have to consult your physician before trying aromatherapy. The aromatherapy benefits which the producers of these products claim are not completely scientifically proven and may have some side effects. But I must say I have not had any side effect.

The aromatherapy benefit I got can be said as completely physical and mental relaxation. The soothing sensation while taking massage where they used oils with pleasing aroma was great. I went through a wonderful physical and metal relaxation while the massage and afterwards. I do not know about aromatherapy health benefits because I have not experienced, even if I have those health benefits of this therapy I think it will be quite difficult for me to sense them, but the benefits of physical and mental relaxation removing mental stress and physical strain is really great. I also took a hot water bath after the aromatherapy massage using the aromatherapy soap which they supplied to me and it had the same soothing effect on my body and mind.

I once again would like to advise you to consult your physician before going for aromatherapy because the essential oils used are known to be having some side effects in some people. Once recommended by your physician you can also enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy like me.