Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
How Massage Benefits Golf
Apart from just making you feel great, massage is a wonderful addition to your approach to golf. Whether you're swinging woods or long irons for distance, or looking to finesse a pitch or chip, you depend on your muscles to execute the shot.
Massage will help relax and tone muscles, increase flexibility, rejuvenate and increase muscle sensory mechanisms, as well as provide you with better "touch and feel". All of this adds up to better balance and body awareness, key factors in playing good golf.
Just as you work with your golf professional to improve your technique, why not complement this with regular massage to fine-tune your body to execute that well-honed swing - and keep you swinging. After all, “The best equipment you can bring to the tee is a relaxed body, alert and ready to go.”
Increased blood and lymph circulation - Massage is beneficial for lots of reasons, but the most important one is circulation. If a muscle is stiff because of a long day on the course, getting oxygenated blood to the area improves the condition rapidly.
Muscle Relaxation -With your golf muscles relaxed they will function efficiently, reducing the risk of "strain," and producing consistently better shots.
Pain Relief - Anytime you have pain, you're not maximizing your golf swing. Instead you're making a modified swing that guards against the pain, which of course makes a big difference when you're trying to hit the ball. When you have an injury, or experience pain, those muscles shut down and other muscles kick in to help the injured ones. It's hard to swing well if you have aches and pains.
Health Benefits of Massage
Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork can:
- Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
- Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
- Ease medication dependence.
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body's natural defense system.
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
- Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
- Improve the condition of the body's largest organ—the skin.
- Increase joint flexibility.
- Lessen depression and anxiety.
- Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
- Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller.
- Relieve migraine pain.
