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The winter months sometimes lead to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Research suggests that symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression may be positively affected with massage therapy.
Boost your mood with massage therapy
1AMTA Position Statement: Massage Can Reduce Symptoms of Depression
2AMTA Position Statement: Massage Therapy for Anxiety
3.AMTA Position Statement: Massage Therapy Can Relieve Stress
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Boost your mood with massage therapy
- Reduce trait anxiety and depression with a course of care providing benefits similar in magnitude to those of psychotherapy.1
- Increase neurotransmitters associated with lowering anxiety and decrease hormones associated with increasing anxiety.2
- Significantly decrease heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure.3
- Reduce depression in individuals with HIV, lessen anxiety in cancer patients, reduce anxiety and depression in military veterans and lower work-related stress for nurses.4
1AMTA Position Statement: Massage Can Reduce Symptoms of Depression
2AMTA Position Statement: Massage Therapy for Anxiety
3.AMTA Position Statement: Massage Therapy Can Relieve Stress
4AMTA Research Roundup: Massage for Mental Health and Wellness
Massage for Health & Wellness
WATCH: Mayo Clinic Physician on the Health Benefits of Massage
5 Ways Massage Can Improve Your Health
Massage Therapy May Help During Cold & Flu Season