Ease a stressed body with the healing power of massage

Massage therapy includes techniques to increase circulation, relieve tension, eliminate stress, relieve anxiety, improve sleeping patterns, and promote relaxation throughout the body. The body’s soft tissue areas include the muscles, tendons and connective tissue. If a person is highly tense, or they have been injured and have muscle or nerve tissue damage, then massage therapy might be worth evaluating.

Here are 5 ways that massage can have healing benefits on the body, provided by the team at The View Boutique Hotel & Spa:

  1. Massage counteracts postural stress

Most people deal with some sort of postural stress, which tends to accumulate in the neck and shoulders area. Lower back pain can be caused by prolonged periods of sitting. Massage assists with the imbalance that is caused from sitting.

  1. Massage eases muscle pain

Massage improves and increases circulation thereby relieving pain.

  1. Massage soothes anxiety and depression

The human touch is therapeutic and relaxing.

  1. Massage improves sleep

Massage encourages relaxation and helps the body rest.

  1. Massage lowers blood pressure

Regular massage sessions have been found to reduce blood pressure levels.  It can also reduce cortisol levels within the body. Massage can reduce trigger points for anxiety, tension, as well as depression. Lower blood pressure levels can also reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and/or kidney failure.

If you are looking at benefiting for the healing powers of massage then Spa at The View Boutique Hotel & Spa has a selection of massage treatments from which to choose.

Every month, Spa at The View Boutique Hotel & Spa host a spa special with this month being no different.

This April, receive a 30 minute back, neck and shoulder massage, plus a pressure point foot massage, as well as full use of the spa facilities – inclusive of the steam room and Jacuzzi, all for only R350 per person.

Other specials are as follows:

Book now at spa@hoteltheview.com or call 031 903 1556.