Neck Pain<\/strong> Athletic Performance<\/strong> Stress<\/strong> Depression<\/strong> High Blood Pressure<\/strong> Lower-Back Pain<\/strong> Constipation<\/strong> Massages are more than just indulgences. They’re proven health and mood treatments. Neck Pain Ten neck massages over 10 weeks. Sound good? People with chronic neck pain reported a 55 percent improvement after this regimen, according to a 2009 study in the Clinical Journal of Pain. They even scored 39 percent better on the worst-sounding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[31,44,47,46,45,48,51,53,52,24,26,43,42,50,49],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-men-to-men-massage","category-men-to-women-massage","tag-massage-for-men-in-puchong","tag-massage-for-men-only-in-puchong","tag-massage-in-puchong-prima","tag-men-massage-in-bandar-puteri-puchong","tag-men-massage-in-puchong-perdana","tag-men-massage-in-puchong-prima","tag-pijat-pria-di-puchong","tag-puchong-full-body-massage","tag-puchong-massage-for-men","tag-puchong-outcall-massage","tag-urut-badan-di-puchong","tag-urut-badan-lelaki-di-puchong","tag-urut-lelaki-di-puchong","tag-urut-outcall-di-puchong","tag-urut-tradisional-di-puchong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spmen.net\/puchong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTen neck massages over 10 weeks. Sound good? People with chronic neck pain reported a 55 percent improvement after this regimen, according to a 2009 study in the Clinical Journal of Pain<\/em>. They even scored 39 percent better on the worst-sounding test ever, the Neck Disability Index. (It assesses the pain’s impact.)<\/p>\n
\n“Musculotendinous” massages target muscle-tendon junctions, and a 2010 study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research<\/em> found that even a 30-second round improved hip-flexor range of motion. Try it: Find where muscle meets tendon just behind and above your knee, and rub the spot in small circles with your thumb.<\/p>\n
\nYou don’t need a full-body rubdown to feel good. In a 2010 study from Sweden, one 80-minute hand-and-foot massage significantly lowered people’s heart rates, cortisol levels, and insulin levels\u2014all of which help lower stress.<\/p>\n
\nTake your pick: Swedish, shiatsu, and other massage types may ease depression, a 2010 meta-analysis in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry<\/em>found. How? Massages reduce stress hormone levels, heart rate, and blood pressure, and boost mood and relaxation by triggering the release of oxytocin and serotonin.<\/p>\n
\nA study in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine<\/em>found that after people with normal blood pressure had deep-tissue massage for 45 to 60 minutes, their BPs fell\u2014specifically, by an average of 10.4 millimeters of mercury (mm\/Hg) systolic, and 5.3 mm\/Hg diastolic.<\/p>\n
\nBack problems can be complex. One solution is simple: Common massage techniques can help you relax, and trigger an endorphin release that raises your threshold for pain. And that might help people with all sorts of lower-back pain, notes a 2009 meta-analysis in the journal Spine.<\/p>\n
\nWould you like an abdominal massage with that laxative? Yes, you would: A 2009 Swedish study found that people who received a massage along with traditional constipation treatment felt significantly better than those who stuck with just laxatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"