If you’ve ever had a massage you will understand what I’m
about to say, but if you haven’t….here’s what you’re missing.
Day to day life can be tough on our bodies. Through everyday wear and tear, our gait,
things we do repetitively or sports we might play, we tighten up in some places
whilst in others we might lose some muscle tone. Where we’ve developed tight areas, they can start
to get painful as knots develop, and other muscles begin to compensate.
Then imagine if you’re very sick. Your body is battling the sickness together
with any secondary issues that may trigger, and you feel generally pretty
pants. Low energy, off your food,
lethargic, can’t be bothered.
Now go for a massage.
In the first instance, if you have sore or tight muscles, tension
in these areas will be released and you will feel your movement become
freer. Your less active muscles have
been stimulated. That nagging ache you’ve
been carrying around through your right leg has gone. You can twist to your left and you don’t feel
it pull anymore. You’ve also just spent
the best part of an hour in a totally restful state and feel rejuvenated, ready to start all over again!
For the second example, for you it’s less about removing
knots, more about providing comfort and care.
Purposefully allowing time to relax, feel the gentle sweep of hands
across your body, gently easing sore areas and allowing your mind to relax and
release. Endorphins are released into
your bloodstream which act as natural painkillers and mood elevators. There is a reason that massage therapy is
available in hospices. It makes you feel
good. It helps you feel better, and your
system to reset itself which assists natural healing. It doesn’t cure an illness but it helps improve quality of life.
Now imagine this is your dog we are talking about.
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