Fact: Did you know massage therapy has been proven to help with a child’s development? It’s a wonderful stress-buster for children too.
Young infants and children, just like adults, are also prone to stress. Aside from physical conditions, a young child starting school who is unfamiliar with the area or children in the class will experience stress. Family illness or financial problems, divorce, and even vacations can produce emotional strain.
How Can Massage Therapy Help a Child?
- It is proven to increase dopamine (the feel-good hormone) and decrease cortisol (the stress hormone). This helps regulate anxiety and stress levels that can become imbalanced due to social, family, and academic pressures.
- Massage helps decrease muscle tension and increase range of motion, which assists in recovering from, or preventing, injuries.
- Massage can improve the quality of sleep, provide more energy, and increase concentration.
- You could potentially have happier, healthier kids around you.
Let’s teach our little ones to manage stress and body awareness. It’s best for them to practice while they are young to help prevent a lifetime of chronic pain and poor habits.
I’d be happy to regularly massage them for you too!
