If doctors knew the true causes of health and healing, they'd be
prescribing massage therapy to most of their patients rather than
prescription drugs. Massage therapy is good medicine, and it's a far
more potent healing therapy than most people realize. In fact, I believe
that every person, healthy or otherwise, should receive a massage
therapy treatment at least once a month.
Why is massage therapy such
good medicine? Because it helps move lymph, blood and oxygen to the
various organs and tissues in ways that normally don't happen in the
bodies of most people. This is especially true for those who don't
exercise: for them, massage therapy is critical for maintaining any
degree of health.
There's also the "touch factor" of massage therapy
that I believe to be remarkably healing. There's something almost
magical about the human touch, and its qualities can't be measured with
scientific instruments (yet), but researchers know very well that it has
powerful physiological effects: touch calms people. It reduces blood
pressure, it boost immune system function, and it makes people feel
loved. These are very important for those seeking health and healing.
(And if you don't believe me, just volunteer at a nursing home some time
and offer free hand massages to the patients. I've done this, and you'd
be amazed to see the different it makes in the people you're touching.)
The human touch is powerful medicine, which is why I find it so
bizarre that doctors seem so afraid of touching their patients. But you
don't need a doctor for this kind of healing: find yourself a good
massage therapist and get some healing on a monthly basis.
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health researcher, author and award-winning journalist with a passion for sharing empowering information to help improve personal and planetary health He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, and he is well known as the creator of popular downloadable preparedness programs on financial collapse, emergency food storage, wilderness survival and home defense skills. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams created TV.NaturalNews.com, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org
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