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Massage During Cold & Flu Season

1/18/2016

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​It's the time of year when there always seems to be something "going around" - fever, runny noses, coughing, sneezing... you know what I mean.  Here are a few important things to know about massage and colds and flu.
 
Massage could be your secret weapon to help prevent colds and flu.

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  • Improving circulation of the blood and lymph systems. 
  • Reducing the effects of stress, making you less susceptible to illness.
  • Helping you sleep better, and adequate rest is a key for good health.
  
But that doesn't mean massage will help once you have a cold or the flu.  Conventional wisdom holds that massage can help you recover more quickly from a cold or the flu, although you might feel worse immediately after the massage.  But there's no scientific data to back up that claim.  In fact, massage is contraindicated for people with a fever, diarrhea, or a contagious illness.  
 
Here are a few reasons NOT to get a massage when you're sick.  (Or even if you just feel like you might be coming down with something.)
  1. In general, people with acute infections should not get massage, and infections usually accompany colds/flu.
  2. Massage can be taxing on your body, and your immune system is already working hard fighting off whatever is making you ill.
  3. Do you really think you'd enjoy a massage when you've got a fever, are congested, or otherwise uncomfortable.  I don't!
  4. If you're contagious, your therapist and other clients will thank you for staying home!

4 Comments
Melissa link
3/14/2016 08:51:18 pm

Good information thankyou! Yes please people if you are sick stay home! Don't come in for a massage until you are well. We as massage therapists can't and don't work when we are sick. Thankyou!

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Melissa link
3/30/2016 06:28:05 pm

Get a massage regularly do you don't have to get sick people! It helps the immune system! :)

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royale link
5/23/2017 01:33:27 am

NICE INFORMATION, IT HELPS MORE

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discounts gyan link
6/1/2017 08:53:27 am

Great information.

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