Massage therapy has been praised in recent years due to its effect on both physical and mental health. Massage is the manipulation of soft tissues in the body. Massage techniques are commonly applied with hands, fingers, elbows, knees, forearms, feet, or a device. The purpose of massage is generally for the treatment of body stress or pain however it can also alleviate some of the symptoms of mental illness and neurological disorders.
Depression & Anxiety:
In an immune study on breast cancer patients, the women were given two 30-min massages per week for five weeks. The results suggested that depression and anxiety were significantly reduced after the massage compared to the control condition. In another breast cancer study it was reported that patients had reduced depression and increased dopamine and serotonin (both activating neurotransmitters) as well as increased natural killer cell number and lymphocytes. The increased dopamine and serotonin may have mediated both the decrease in depression and the increased immune cells.
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