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Massage Chairs Provide Relief for Stress & Anxiety
Contrary to popular belief, there is a difference between stress and anxiety. Stress comes from the pressures we feel in life which releases adrenaline. Anxiety, on the other hand, is a feeling of apprehension or fear. Both stress and anxiety can cause muscle stiffness and tightness. This can cause discomfort adding the feelings of stress and anxiety. Massage chairs offer a multitude of massage therapy treatments to induce relaxation and to calm the muscles and body.
Stress is normally caused by what is known as a stressor. Stress can come from any situation or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, nervous, or even anxious. What is stressful to one person is not necessarily stressful to another. In other words, it is situation dependent and individual dependent.
Spinal Decompression Methods
Traction as used in chiropractic environments, is usually spinal traction. Chiropractors must treat many patients with low back problems. Applying traction to the spine is for the purpose of stretching the soft tissues between the cervical discs to assist in recovery. Traction can be applied by using a bending or pulling force to stretch the soft tissues.
Spinal traction machines have capabilities of exerting a pulling force across the entire length of the spine. These machines must secure both ends of the patient’s spine and then a pulling force is used to stretch the length of the spine. The pulling force is used in this case to stretch the soft tissues between the cervical disc.
Got Chronic Pain? Try a Massage Chair
Massage is a relaxing treatment to help your mind relax. Massage therapy services the muscles of the body. This is even true for chronic pain conditions. Research is showing that massage therapy has a significant impact on assisting in relieving many chronic conditions from migraine headaches to pain and the lumbar spine. Many health professionals are using massage chairs to provide direct treatments for their patients with chronic back pain.
Massage therapy has been found to provide better pain relieving benefits than acupuncture and self-care. A study conducted by the group health operative of Puget Sound Center for health studies found this to be true in a study conducted in 2001. The study found that after one year of research a back pain massage had greater pain relieving benefits that both acupuncture and self-care.
