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Can Massage Reduce Inflammation in the Body?

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February 29, 2012 By //  by Becky 17 Comments

Study Shows Massage Therapy Could Reduce Inflammation

Woman receiving a relaxing back massage.

While most people are aware of how beneficial massage therapy can be to relieve stress, the effects of massage on reducing inflammation isn’t as well known.

Why is it important to reduce inflammation? Because it is linked to contributing to most of the major diseases, including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s.

The following excerpt is from DoctorsHealthPress.com:

Need an excuse to get a massage? A new health breakthrough in the area of natural health news has proven that this alternative therapy could reduce inflammation in the body. Since inflammation is implicated in a wide swath of chronic diseases, it seems that seeing a massage therapist might not be just about stress relief.

On a cellular level, massage lessens inflammation and promotes the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle. Mitochondria are the energy center of every cell in the body. The research appears online in the journal “Science Translational Medicine.”

The potential benefits of massage are vast. Massage could be useful to a broad spectrum of individuals, including older adults, those suffering from musculoskeletal injuries, and patients with chronic inflammatory disease. Massage could be used as actual medical practice in these cases.

Read the full article here.

For more information on chronic inflammation and disease, I found this article at lef.org:

Of the ten leading causes of mortality in the United States, chronic, low-level inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of at least seven. These include heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and nephritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011; Bastard et al. 2006; Cao 2011, Jha et al. 2009; Ferrucci et al. 2010; Glorieux et al. 2009; Kundu et al. 2008; Murphy 2012; Singh et al. 2011).

Inflammation has classically been viewed as an acute (short term) response to tissue injury that produces characteristic symptoms and usually resolves spontaneously. More contemporary revelations show chronic inflammation to be a major factor in the development of degenerative disease and loss of youthful functions.

Chronic inflammation can be triggered by cellular stress and dysfunction, such as that caused by excessive calorie consumption, elevated blood sugar levels, and oxidative stress. It is now clear that the destructive capacity of chronic inflammation is unprecedented among physiologic processes (Karin et al. 2006).

The danger of chronic, low-level inflammation is that its silent nature belies its destructive power.

In fact, stress-induced inflammation, once triggered, can persist undetected for years, or even decades, propagating cell death throughout the body. Due to the fact that it contributes so greatly to deterioration associated with the aging process, this silent state of chronic inflammation has been coined “inflammaging”.

Read the full article here.

There is much more to inflammation and the damage that it causes. Food choice is a major factor, and there are a number of anti-inflammatory diet books on the market. Vitamins and supplements can also be helpful.

In addition to making some changes in your eating habits, book a massage to help reduce the inflammation!

If you have any tips on reducing inflammation, please share them by posting.

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  1. Dallas Massage

    August 8, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    Yes Massage does help with Inflammation in the body! Great Article.

    Reply
    • Becky

      August 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm

      Thanks Dallas Massage! Helping to reduce inflammation is just one of the many benefits of massage. I’m glad that you’ve found it helpful, as well.

      Reply
  2. Northwest Massage

    September 10, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I had read your blog.Thanks for sharing this nice and informative stuff.

    Reply
    • Becky

      September 10, 2012 at 9:37 pm

      I’m glad that you enjoyed reading it. Many people don’t realize how harmful inflammation in the body can be, and that massage can help reduce it.

      Reply
  3. Rhonda

    November 10, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    Thanks for this article! Interesting ad informative reading!

    Reply
    • Becky

      November 18, 2013 at 2:29 pm

      Hi Rhonda. I’m glad that you enjoyed reading it, and hope that you got some useful information out of it.

      Reply
  4. Onsite Chair Massage

    February 7, 2014 at 3:59 am

    Great Stuff… Have to try to implement on my service too… Thanks..

    Reply
    • Becky

      February 9, 2014 at 7:23 pm

      Thanks for stopping by my website. Good luck to you with your chair massage business! I also do onsite chair massage – it is so nice to be able to bring massage to the workplace, where it is needed the most.

      Reply
  5. anti-inflammatory diet

    May 14, 2014 at 2:38 pm

    In addition, the minor varieties of osteo-arthritis each have specialised dietary routines tailor-made to suit them.

    Argan oil has also been used to great effect in burn injuries.
    You want to go between different exercise regimes and weight lift plans.

    Reply
    • Becky

      June 29, 2014 at 9:42 pm

      Yes I’ve heard great things about argan oil.

      Reply
  6. massage center Kolkata

    November 10, 2014 at 1:48 am

    Massage is a great thing for releasing stress and tension. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  7. Nina Madsen

    May 30, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Great article!

    Reply
    • Becky

      June 3, 2015 at 1:45 am

      Glad that you enjoyed it!

      Reply
  8. James Toon

    September 7, 2015 at 9:03 am

    Chronic inflammation brought on by stress is a scary thing. It is common to allow ourselves to remain in constant low stress levels and have become accustomed to it.

    Reply
    • Becky

      September 29, 2015 at 7:49 pm

      That is so true, James! Sadly we adapt to what is not healthy for us, and that becomes our new “normal”.

      Reply

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