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There is no question that having a massage makes you feel great. Massage can relieve stress, help you recover from physical activity or injury and even reduce stress and anxiety, but a question that many women ask is:
Can it help you to achieve your weight loss goals?
Research has shown that massage can have a positive effect on your muscle-building capabilities and fitness levels, which in turn increases your capacity to control or lose weight.
Healthy strong muscles burn calories and make it easier for you to participate in all sorts of sports and activities that can help you burn extra calories and improve your overall fitness and wellbeing.
Massage has the following benefits that can directly influence your ability to control or loose weight:
1. Massage has been shown to improve circulation therefore improving the supply of nutrition to the muscles. Massage maximizes the supply of these nutrients and oxygen through an increase in blood flow, which helps the muscles to grow and burn more calories as a result.
2.Massage improves your muscles’ flexibility which can help reduce the danger of experiencing injuries during exercise which can limit activity, exercise and weight loss progress.
3.Massage helps rid the muscles of waste products such as lactic acid build up in muscles during and after exercise.
If you haven’t had a massage lately, what are you waiting for?
Find a trained massage therapist and make yourself a booking.
Zoe Delikan - Massage Therapist practising in Hertfordshire, England
http://www.mind-bodyandspirit.co.uk
Member of http://www.WomenWorking4Women.co.uk
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