benefits of ~MASSAGE AND HYDROTHERAPY~

* INCREASES THE NUMBER OF RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELL.

* IMPROVES THE GENERAL CIRCULATION AND NUTRITION OF TISSUES.

* RELAXES MUSCLES SPASMS AND RELIEVES TENSION.

* HELPS ELIMINATE EDEMA OF THE EXTREMITIES.

* DILATES / OPENS BLOOD VESSELS THUS IMPROVING CIRCULATION AND RELIEVING CONGESTION.

* DISPERSES THE EDEMA FOLLOWING INJURY TO LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS,LESSENS PAIN AND FACILITATES MOVEMENT.

*ACTS AS A "MECHANICAL CLEANSER" PUSHING ALONG LYMPH AND HASTENING THE ELIMINATION OF WASTES AND TOXIC DEBRIS.

*IMPROVES MUSCLE TONE AND HELPS PREVENT OR DELAY MUSCULAR ATROPHY RESULTING FROM FORCED INACTIVITY.

* MAY HAVE A SEDATIVE, STIMULATING, OR EXHAUSTING EFFECT ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. REACTION IS DEPENDANT UPON THE TYPE AND LENGTH OF MASSAGE TREATMENT GIVEN.

* INCREASES THE EXCRETION (via the kidneys) OF FLUIDS AND NITROGEN,INORGANIC PHOSPHOROUS AND SALT IN NORMAL INDIVIDUALS.

* ENCOURAGES THE RETENTION OF NITROGEN,PHOSPHOROUS AND SULPHUR NECESSARY FOR TISSUE REPAIR IN PERSONS CONVALESCING FROM BONE FRACTURES.

* STRETCHES CONNECTIVE TISSUE, IMPROVES ITS CIRCULATION AND NUTRITION AND SO BREAKS DOWN OR PREVENTS THE FORMATION OF ADHESIONS AND REDUCES THE DANGER OF FIBROSIS.

* IMPROVES THE CIRCULATION AND NUTRITIONS OF JOINTS AND HASTENS THE ELIMINATION OF HARMFUL PARTICLES. IT HELPS LESSEN INFLAMMATION AND SWELLING IN JOINTS AND SO ALLEVIATES PAIN.

* EMPTIES THE LARGER DUCTS AND CHANNELS AND SO DECREASES THE AUTOINTOXICATION RESULTING FROM THE RE-ABSORPTION INFLAMMATION OR CONSTIPATION.

* INCREASES THE BLOOD SUPPLY AND NUTRITION TO MUSCLES WITHOUT ADDING TO THEIR LOAD OF TOXIC LACTIC ACID, PRODUCED THROUGH VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION. MASSAGE THUS HELPS TO OVERCOME HARMFUL "FATIGUE" PRODUCTS RESULTING FROM STRENUOUS EXERCISE OF INJURY.