{"id":27998,"date":"2025-09-23T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=27998"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:27:10","slug":"massage-boosts-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/massage-boosts-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage Boosts Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry clearfloat\">\n<p>We all know that massage feels good, but new evidence suggests that it can be even better for your health than previously thought. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles noted that while some small studies had shown the health benefits of massage, their larger investigation revealed that Swedish massage triggers measurable and beneficial changes to both endocrine and\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/ImmunityPlus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">immune system<\/a>\u00a0responses. The researchers recruited 53 physically healthy volunteers who had no mental disorders and divided them into two groups: 29 of the volunteers received 45 minutes of Swedish massage while 24 received 45 minutes of light touch massage. Prior to massage, all the participants were fitted with intravenous catheters so that blood samples could be taken at intervals before and after massage. Results showed significant changes in lymphocytes, white blood cells that are key players in\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/ImmunityPlus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">immune system<\/a>\u00a0responses; a large decrease in a hormone (arginine vassopressin) believed to play a role in\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/purecalm-soothestyle=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">aggressive<\/a>\u00a0behavior and linked to prompting increases in the stress hormone cortisol; a decrease in cortisol levels, and a decrease in inflammatory cytokines, which are\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/ImmunityPlus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">immune system<\/a>\u00a0mediators. Other health benefits of massage .<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Massage Boosts Immune System\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drweilblog.com\/home\/2010\/11\/6\/massage-boosts-immune-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massage Boosts Immune System<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\"><strong>Enrich your life and the lives of others<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\">\u00a0by learning Aromatherapy, Reflexology or Color\/Crystal Therapy at the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativehealingacademy.com\/\" target=\"_new\"><strong>Alternative Healing Academy<\/strong><\/a>!\u00a0<span style=\"color: blue;\">Convenient and easy-to-handle payment plans are available!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"related-posts\">\n<div id=\"related-posts-MRP_all\" class=\"related-posts-type\">\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/keeping-your-immune-system-strong-and-healthy\/\">Keeping Your Immune System Strong and Healthy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/healing-garlic-soup\/\">Healing Garlic Soup<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that massage feels good, but new evidence suggests that it can be even better for your health than previously thought. Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles noted that while some small studies had shown the health benefits of massage, their larger investigation revealed that Swedish massage triggers measurable and beneficial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-vitality","category-stress-relaxation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}