The Consequences of Stress

Experts estimate that 80 percent to 90 percent of disease is stress-related. Massage and bodywork is there to combat that frightening number by helping us remember what it means to relax. The physical changes massage brings to your body can have a positive effect in many areas of your life. Besides increasing relaxation and decreasing anxiety, massage lowers your blood pressure, increases circulation, improves recovery from injury, helps you to sleep better and can increase your concentration. It reduces fatigue and gives you more energy to handle stressful situations.

Massage is a perfect elixir for good health, but it can also provide an integration of body and mind. By producing a meditative state or heightened awareness of living in the present moment, massage can provide emotional and spiritual balance, bringing with it true relaxation and peace.
The incredible benefits of massage are doubly powerful if taken in regular "doses." studies have shown we can benefit from massage even in small doses (15 minutes of chair massage or a half-hour table session), research show that receiving bodywork at least once a week is highly beneficial. It's undoubtedly a wonderful thing when your therapist begins unwinding those stress-tightened muscles, and your day's troubles begin to fade away. But to know this "medicine" only gets better with frequency. - Marcos Pichardo

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Our Newest Member

The Jersey Shore Health and Wellness Group would like to welcome its newest member, Massage Therapist, Marcos Pichardo.

Marcos Pichardo holds an Associates degree in Occupational Studies from The Swedish Institute of Applied Health Sciences in New York and a Certification by The Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Committee of New Jersey. He has been working for the past year at Premiere Personal Fitness, 614 Lake Avenue in Asbury Park and is now offering massage therapy in Jersey City as well. Marcos focuses on services that help in the process of healing the body and mind, giving each individual a personalized treatment. For more information and free consultation, contact Marcos at 917-882-2557 or MassageByMarcos@live.com