- Helps the muscles to relax and this is beneficial for the lymphatic system and circulation. The lymphatic system relies on the movement of smooth muscles to transport fluid through the lymph vessels.
- Regular chair massage can increase muscle function and this can help seniors to improve their mobility and balance.
- Research has also shown that touch can be beneficial to seniors that feels isolated.
- Relief tension in the back, shoulders, and neck. Subsequently, this can help to relieve headaches.
- Regular massage can provide great benefit for people with arthritis. It provides improvements in pain, stiffness, range of motion, handgrip strength and overall function of the joints. According to Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University Of Miami School Of Medicine, Field have conducted a number of studies on the benefits of massage, including on people with arthritis.
- A research headed by epidemiologist Daniel Cherkin, a senior investigator at the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle, shows that massage reduces pain in people with chronic lower back pain. The findings were published in 2011 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
- Massage can lower the body’s production of the stress hormone cortisol, and boost the production of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin which in turn can improve mood. A high level of cortisol in the body is associated with high blood pressure, osteoporosis, impaired brain function, and muscle weakness. Lower cortisol levels can help improve high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and stress in seniors.