Massage's Role in Pain Reduction

Massage can be a very effective technique for controlling pain. From the physiological impact reviewed above the basis for pain control can be seen.

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Among other effects, massage impacts the creation of pain and its perception in two major ways. The most obvious is the reduction of pain based in the muscular and related systems. Massage can help any pain originating from muscle tension: example - head, back, neck, and shoulder pain are all can benefit from massage. Releasing tightness and tension in muscles is the most obvious effect of a good massage. Massage provides deep relaxation. It relieves muscle tension, spasm, and stiffness. All of these contribute to pain. Experts suggest that tense muscles are usually deprived of oxygen, because the tightness reduces blood circulation to the area. Massage improves blood circulation, bringing with it what the muscle needs-oxygen and other forms of nourishment. The muscle then relaxes, and pain decreases.

Secondly, massage also stimulates the production and release of the body's natural painkillers. It stimulates the release of endorphins, the morphine-like substances that the body manufactures, into the brain and nervous system.

A significant number of health researchers also believe that massage may reduce pain do the the effect of massage on the ability of the body to transmit pain signals. Massage may interfere with pain signals' pathways to your brain, a process called the "gate control theory," according to experts. Pain impulses run toward the spinal cord and then up the cord and into the brain. It's only when they reach the brain that these impulses, are perceived as pain. When you rub, it sends other impulses along the same nerves. When all these impulses try to reach the brain through nerves, the nerves get clogged like a highway during morning rush hour. The result? Most of them won't reach the brain. And if the pain signals does not reach the brain, you won't feel pain. Thus massage works by 'closing the gate' that pain impulses have to pass through.