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- Massage facilitates harmon-
- ious body function and restores
- one's self-healing abilities.
- Bodywork balances the entire
- system; leaving the person with
- glow of well-being.
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- According to Olympian Mary
- Decker-Slaney and tennis pro
- Chris Evert-Lloyd, massage, like
- stretching, is an important part
- of body maintenance as well as
- an insurance against injury.
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- Massage can loosen muscles
- that stretching can't; it
- probes deeply and is specific.
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- A massage practitioner can
- also discover potential trouble
- spots, For instance, tight musc-
- le groups that are vulnerable to
- strain and tendons that have a
- predisposition for tendinitis.
- Massage therapy can be utilized
- as a diagnostic tool. A tender,
- tense area is indicative of im-
- proper posture, or other in-
- effective "habits" (physical and
- mental)
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