If you are among the many people around the world working remotely in the wake of COVID-19, consider scheduling massage appointments. Massage therapy offers a host of benefits that make navigating this trying time easier.

Why You Should Get Massage Therapy During this Work-From-Home Period

1. Reduce Stress

Working from home comes with new stressors, such as waiting for coworkers to respond instead of enjoying immediate in-person responses, or keeping children occupied while you finish the day’s tasks. Massage therapy reduces anxiety and stress by influencing the hormonal and nervous systems. Swedish and hot stone massage both provide relaxation benefits with long, flowing strokes.

2. Ease Back & Neck Pain

Mitigate neck and back pain from sitting all day with a massage to increase blood flow, improve range of motion, and release endorphins. Both hot stone and Swedish massage ease pain through kneading and heated stones, respectively. Trigger point massage also targets tense, painful areas.

3. Boost Immunity

Stay healthy by using massage to improve your immune system. Research shows Swedish massage and other techniques increase the number of lymphocytes, or white blood cells, that defend the body against foreign pathogens. Massage also helps reduce chronic inflammation that has been linked to health issues like cardiovascular disease and asthma.

4. Treat Muscle Injuries

If old muscle injuries have acted up since working from home, address them with deep tissue massage. The technique treats damage by focusing on deeper layers of muscle using slow, dynamic strokes. Sports massage may also treat injuries. Any muscles fatigued from overuse benefit from massage as well. 

Schedule Swedish, deep tissue, Thai, or hot stone massage at Tiffany’s Thai Massage in Honolulu, HI. Serving residents throughout the region since 2012, they provide customized services that will leave you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. Call (808) 688-8072 today to book a session, or review their options online.