Geriatric Massage is one of the best ways to care for you and/or your loved ones as you age. It provides therapeutic benefit not just to the body, but also to the spiritual and emotional well being. Additionally, provides immeasurable physical and emotional benefits by merely restoring the human touch into your life.
Benefits of Geriatric Massage include the following:
- Improves cardiovascular health and circulation
- Reduces inflammation
- Improves the circulation lymphatic fluid, helping to flush toxins
- Decreases stiffness in the body
- Decreases stress
- Eases effects of age-related ailments like arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Stroke and so many more
- Diminishes loneliness, isolation and depression
- Reassures patients who are often confused and stimulates brain function
- Provides a means for the aging to connect with other people
- Caregivers find that their day-to-day interaction with patients is easier and seniors become less likely to resist in other areas of care and mobility tasks