Yes,\nI know what you\u2019re thinking: \u201cThanks for the newsflash, Captain Obvious –\npeople get a massage to relax. In other news, Pope declared to be Catholic!\u201d\nHowever, there is some scientific backing to this (the massage thing, I mean).\nA team from the Oxygen Research Centre in Australia found that people getting\ndaily massages alongside standard treatments for anxiety achieved much better\nresults than those on just the meds. Even in times of extreme stress, a massage\nis proved to be effective in lowering blood pressure and pulse rate.<\/p>
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPain\nRelief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If\nyou\u2019re not used to Thai massage, you might be surprised to find that people go\nto the spa to relieve<\/em> pain. The knots a good Phuket masseuse can tie you\nin would make even a contortionist go pale. However, once again, there\u2019s\nscientific support to suggest that what they\u2019re doing to you will have a\npositive impact. Researcher\u2019s from the Crocker Institute in South Carolina,\nUSA, found that 116 of their first-time clients felt a reduction in muscle and\njoint pain after their first one-hour session. Plenty of other research papers\nhave found that an ongoing course of massage treatment will provide lasting\nrelief to even chronic pains.<\/p> Ease\nStiffness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No,\nthat\u2019s not a euphemism. The fact is that we all get stiff and sore after a day\nof exertions. Try spending a day walking around Phuket Town, enjoying the\nsights, shops and sweets. On returning to your hotel, a visiting to the spa\nwill help your sore feet and will mean that you don\u2019t lose a perfectly good\npool day because your legs have ceased up. Various case studies have found even\npeople suffering from crippling and chronic stiffness can get some ease and\nrelief from a massage.<\/p> Injury\nRecovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nis a little like taking the previous point to the extreme, but massage\ntreatment can help to speed up the repair of damaged muscles. A team from Ohio\nState University tested the theory on rabbits (that\u2019s not a euphemism either)\nand found that those which received massage therapy recovered faster, with\nimproved strength and reduced swelling. Other studies conducted on humans found\nsimilar results, which is why professional sports teams usually have a\nprofessional massage therapist on staff.<\/p> Pampering<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, it\u2019s nice just to treat yourself. In fact, it\u2019s healthy – at least, that\u2019s what a team from the University of Hertfordshire and the University College London found. Just the sensation of being touched and massaged, even when there\u2019s no practical need for it, improved the sense of self in 52 human test subjects. <\/p> It would be very easy to argue that you don\u2019t really need a reason to have a good massage, particularly in so synonymous with the art as Thailand. However, there are five main reasons why people seek out a Phuket spa. And so they should, because massage can help with all of these reasons. Do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,19,42],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/channspaphuket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Main-Pic_Blog_Temp.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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