{"id":223,"date":"2012-03-21T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/?p=223"},"modified":"2012-03-21T18:06:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T22:06:41","slug":"massage-therapy-has-a-wide-variety-of-tangible-health-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/2012\/03\/massage-therapy-has-a-wide-variety-of-tangible-health-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage therapy has a wide variety of tangible health benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stock.massage4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-225 alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"massage therapy\" src=\"http:\/\/feelintegrated.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/stock.massage4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This recent <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052702304537904577277303049173934.html\" target=\"_blank\">article in the WSJ<\/a>\u00a0 cites research which over the past couple of years has found that massage therapy boosts immune function, helps with back pain, as well as a variety of other tangible health benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 10-minute massage upped mitochondria production, and reduced proteins associated with inflammation in muscles that had been exercised to exhaustion, a small study last month found.<\/li>\n<li>A full-body massage boosted immune function and lowered heart rate and blood pressure in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation treatment, a 2009 study of 30 participants found.<\/li>\n<li>Children given 20-minute massages by their parents every night for five weeks plus standard asthma treatment had significantly improved lung function compared with those in standard care, a 2011 study of 60 children found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The title of the article: 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