Massage Therapy For Multiple Sclerosis

What Is Multiple Sclerosis..?

To understand the benefits of massage therapy for multiple sclerosis, you should familiarise yourself with the illness, how it happens and what causes it.
 
What is Multiple Sclerosis…?
MS or multiple sclerosis is a prolonged sickness that can shake your brain, nervous optics in your eyes and spinal cord. It can create a problem in balance, sight, muscle regulation and other major body functions. When it comes to multiple sclerosis symptoms, they vary for everyone. Some people have severe symptoms but don’t require treatment, while others are subjected to difficulty walking and performing everyday tasks. MS occurs when your natural defences spell with a fatty substance called myelin, which cloaks around your nerve filaments to protect them. Deprived of this outer casing, your nerves might get damaged, and blemish tissue may occur.
 
The destruction means that your brain is unable to send information to the body, and your nerve would also not work properly, resulting in a lessening of movement and feel. This may cause the following:
  • Problem in walking
  • Feeling exhausted
  • Dullness and shivering
  • Muscle feebleness and contractions
  • Pain and hopelessness
  • Weak bladder and intestine control
  • Problem concentrating and memorizing

Massage can provide some assistance in relieving stress to some extent. Massage is very well known for reducing stress and tension and providing more health paybacks. A study shows that  massage helps in increasing deep sleep . With increased deep sleep, one feels less pain. Regular massage therapy can help you relieve continuous anxiety, and your  massage therapist  will take feedback from you after every session to assure themselves you are receiving what you need.

Benefits of massage therapy for multiple sclerosis:

The massage is beneficial for people suffering from MS, but if you have bone-thinning anaemia, you must consult your doctor first. Many people going through MS take massage therapy on a regular basis to decrease stress and help them relax. Apart from stress reduction, massage can also help in enhancing elasticity which increases freedom of movement and can help reduce muscle rigidity produced by cramps.

Massage therapy will alleviate some of your MS symptoms. The massage therapist physically manages your soft tissues, connective nerves and ligaments. This massage can relax the rigid muscle, enhance circulation and help you feel more relaxed.

Some of the multiple sclerosis symptoms that might improve by massage are:

1. Pain
Massage is beneficial in any circumstances where a reduction in puffiness or tissue deployment leads to discomfort relief. It can deliver a pleasant stimulus that allows the person with MS to relax and relieve nervousness and terror. With the physician’s advice, massage therapy can be taken for controlling the pain.

2. Soreness

Massage may be beneficial in preventing the production of pressure sores but can not be used if the swollen areas of soreness are present.

3. Reduced Circulation

Massage can improve blood flow through outward veins by rubbing them and through deeper arteries by massaging skin that is slightly raised and pressed. Massage can also help in capillary extension through rubbing lightly.

4. Cramps

Massage can help muscle relaxation and increase the range of motion exercises.

5. Tiredness, stress, and depression.

Massage may be dangerous in the circumstances such as:

1. Osteoporosis – when the bones become fragile and can be easily broken.
2. expansion of liver and spleen
3. Edema – when puffing is caused by an addition of an extreme amount of watery fluid in cells, body voids and tissues. It can have many causes, such as kidney diseases or heart diseases.

However, massage is helpful in reducing anxiety and stress, it improves self-esteem, stimulates mood and improvement in body appearance. It also increases the physical and social functioning of the people receiving massage.
 
If you suffer or know anyone with any MS symptoms mentioned above, contact us  ASAP for a complete diagnosis and necessary treatment recommendations.