Massage can help your pet on several levels:
- Relaxation and stress reduction
- Increased flexibility of soft tissue
- Reduction of edema (swelling)
- Enhancement of waste and toxin elimination
- Maintenance of good posture and body balance
- Prevention of atrophy (wasting) in inactive muscles
- Improved athletic performance
- Loosening and softening of scar tissue
- Releases endorphins which are naturally occurring steroids in the body which act to assuage pain
- Enhanced muscle tone and range of motion
- Advances healing through increased flow of nutrients to injured muscles
- Lengthens connective tissue and reduces the formation of adhesions leading to fibrosis.
- Helps with emotional well-being
- Reduces Anxiety
- Helps to Increase trust and the emotional bond