Why DO i feel SOO Good After A Massage?

By Mary Kathleen Rose


Originally published in Body Sense magazine, Spring/Summer 2006. Copyright 2006. Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. All rights reserved.

Q. I'm a relative newcomer to massage and I've been trying to describe the experience to my friends. Why do I feel so good after a massage?

A. As a massage therapist, author, and consumer of bodywork, Mary Kathleen Rose of Longmont, Colo., took this question to heart.

"I walk into the session thinking, 'I'm really too busy to take this time. I've got to make those phone calls, schedule the next meeting, write that article, do the laundry, clean my house, and run a few errands. Oh, but my shoulders do hurt, my back aches, and I didn't get enough sleep last night!' An hour later, walking in slow motion, I come out of the massage therapist's office. I notice the smell of fresh air and the warmth of sunshine on my face. 'Maybe I'll just go for a little walk. I'll get back to work soon enough,' I say.

"Massage provides me an opportunity to take a break from the stresses of life and relax in the caring hands of a competent therapist. With just the right amount of pressure and skillful manipulation, patterns of tension are released in overworked muscles, fascia is loosened in areas of strain, and lymph is encouraged in its circulation. These effects on the tissues give rise to sensations of pleasure, creating a new experience in my body. I can only begin to imagine the complex of effects on the neurochemical system of the body, as touch receptors carry messages to the brain for interpretation, influencing brain wave patterns and a myriad of hormonal responses.

"While the physiology may be complex, the value of the human interaction is simple. Someone just treated me with respect and care, listened to me without judging me, and touched me with the authority born of her training and experience. It's no wonder we feel so good after a massage.




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1) You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi

2) One cannot manage change, one can only be ahead of it. -Peter Drucker

3) We must either find a way or make one. -Hannibal

4) Great changes are easier than small ones. -Francis Bacon

5) Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Leo Tolstoy

6) Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. -Nelson Mandela

7) People don’t resist change, they resist being changed. -Peter Scholtes

8 ) If you have always done it that way, it’s probably wrong. -Charles Kettering

9) If you always do what you’ve done, you will always get what you’ve always got. -Ed Foreman

10) Some men look at things the way they are and ask why? I dream of things that are not and ask why not? -George Bernard Shaw (I think this one isn’t exact; I think it’s been paraphrased)

11) Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. -Robert Kennedy

12) When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us. -Alexander Graham Bell

13) The world hates change yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. -Charles Kettering

14) Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you in trying to change others. -Jacob M. Bra


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