Health Tips from Eugene Wood Massage Therapist

Every mother and father who has a baby in their life has been there. The baby is crying away, and you have tried everything to help make it better for the little darling. You have done everything. Feeding, holding, playing, singing to them, and so on. But, did you know that giving your little bundle of joy a massage can dramatically help not only their emotional well-being but also their overall health? We'll explore this a bit here as we go into the subject of the benefits of massages for infants. Have you ever had that night (or many nights) where it seems like the only thing that calms your little one is when you are holding them? Obviously, you cannot do this all of the time, or you'd never sleep. Studies are showing now that giving your baby a gentle massage routinely can and will help dramatically in the way your child feels and its ability to relax and sleep through the evening. These studies are beginning to show and prove more and more that massaging your infant ...

Whether you have reaped the benefits of massage or are wondering how this type of therapy can help you, it's a good idea to take a look at how massage therapy came into practice. The history of massage as a tool for healing both body and spirit goes back a long way. Ancient Cultures People were using the power of massage for healing dating back thousands of years. In fact, written data on massage therapy was first discovered in China as far back as 2700 BCE, when a Chinese text titled, "The Yellow Emperor's Classic Book of Internal Medicine" was written. The book is now used regularly in massage therapy training and other alternative medicine tools, such as acupuncture and herbology. The Chinese believed that all illness came from an imbalance in the body's energy pathways. Placing pressure on specific parts of the body would let the energy flow more freely, allowing the body to heal more quickly in a natural manner. A couple of hundred years after this Chines...