Massage for seniors - Does it really work?

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Aging isn’t exactly the best experience in life. Over the years, the pains also arrive. When we get older, a process begins where our muscle mass and bone density tend to decrease. For that reason, we can’t move with the same agility or lift things too heavy as when we were younger. However, there are many ways to delay this process and preserve the good health of our muscles and bones. The most usual is exercise. It's amazing how powerful the effect of a short walk every day can be. People who practiced this routine before reaching third age, maintain good humor and look much younger compared to people with sedentary lifestyles.


Unfortunately, many seniors are not able to walk like any other. Some suffer from unbearable pain, which makes this experience a real torture. If you have reached the third age and chronic pain has stolen your happiness in life, you should try massage for seniors. Massage for seniors isn’t like any other massage. Therapists dedicated to this profession know how to treat each patient so that each session is a relaxing and pleasant experience. Some massages can be too rough and although it’s true that they are very effective, they can generate a lot of pain. Seniors would hardly endure a normal massage session, so many don’t even think about that idea.


Massage for seniors are much gentler and focus on body parts where the pain is usually more intense. Many people don’t believe in the positive effects of a massage therapy, but one thing is what they think about massage for seniors what the research says. Scientific studies have determined that massage for seniors helps relieve stress and pain, activates circulation and function of certain organs and helps the recovery of some lost motor skills. For years, people who have suffered accidents and some types of paralysis have regained mobility thanks to massage therapies.


In fact, some massages help to activate metabolism and assimilation of calcium in body, helping to prevent osteoporosis, one of the side effects of old age. In fact, any physical activity is beneficial for the health of muscles and bones. Today, many people often rely on conventional medicine to relieve their pain. When it comes to muscle pain, doctors often prescribe drugs to relieve it. However, many of these drugs accelerate bone decalcification and in some cases, affect the functioning of organs such as kidneys, pancreas and liver.


In contrast, massage for seniors, like other therapies, help activate vital functions that tend to slow down over the years. In fact, the muscular pains of old age are usually the product of a poor assimilation of proteins and other nutrients, due to a deficient metabolism. As was said at the beginning, two very different things are what detractors say about massage for seniors or seniors massage and what the research says. Science has proven on countless occasions that massages have a positive effect on health and help improve the evolution of a patient under certain treatment. If you still don’t believe it, you should check it out for yourself.


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