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While stress relief is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, stress is not necessarily a bad thing. When you’re in a stress-inducing situation like prepping for an important meeting or slamming the brakes to avoid a car accident, your body diverts energy away from your immune responses and digestive system to get you through the event. 

stress reliefHowever, the problem with stress is when it becomes distress—when your body never gets relief and stays in a sustained fight-or-flight response. Distress causes physical symptoms like high blood pressure, tension headaches, an upset stomach, chest pain, and problems sleeping. Distress even causes behavior and mood changes, like irritability and anxiety, depression, problems with alcohol or drugs, overeating, and social withdrawal.

The good news is that virtually every symptom of stress listed by the American Psychological Association can be relieved through massage therapy. Even a single one-hour session of massage therapy can lower your heart rate and blood pressure, relax your muscles, and increase production of endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine—your body’s natural feel-good and calming chemicals.

Massage therapy provides immediate stress relief and plays an important role in your long-term management. Regardless of how you choose to maintain a healthy lifestyle, adding massage therapy to your routine will help you look, feel, and be healthier far into the future.

 

Owned and operated by Zoe Zimmerman, Zoe’s Zen Time in Shawano, WI, will bring balance to your life and body. Select from a variety of massage styles to help with stress relief from Swedish to reiki. Zoe is not only a licensed massage therapist, but she is also a registered nurse with 16 years of emergency room experience. She brings a deep understanding of human anatomy and the body’s strengths and potential complications to every session. To book your appointment, call (715) 304-6137. Visit the website for a complete list of services and rates.

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