Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
How massage can help for PTSD
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, more commonly known as PTSD, is a kind of disease in which a patient deals with many emotional, mental and physical variations cause as a result of dangerous and shocking events. This disease can result as a major consequence of physical assault, sexual abuse, natural disaster or other extremely negative experiences. Considering the seriousness of symptoms, people suffering
from this condition may become unable to deal with it.
People generally think that it only happens to a certain population, but according to a study, around 70% of adults in the U.S face some form of traumatic experience that can lead to the development of PTSD. Moreover, approximately 24.4 million of the world’s population is currently dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
PTSD is a very severe kind of disease that is much difficult to deal with. Individuals having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are unable to forget the episodes of the traumatic incident they faced and became the cause of their PTSD, but massage therapy has helped patient significantly to recover their condition following the incident. Some of the benefits of massage therapy for PTSD are as follows:
1. Reduced Stress
Due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the patient remains stressed most of the time. Most of the time, they experience the incident episodes repeatedly, which becomes the reason for stress. Massage therapy helps to reduce the patient’s stress for some time, as the muscles relax during the massage, offering relief. The patient then diminishes the stress out of their brain and experiences a relaxed state for that time. In fact, regular massage treatment can completely cure the patient and enable them to recover from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and live a happy life.
2. Reduced Chronic Pain
Due to the continuous experience of traumatic stress, the patient also starts to suffer from chronic pain. They suffer from severe chronic pain that leads their mental condition to a severe disaster state. Then it becomes more challenging to handle the problems of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In this case, massage therapy proves the best solution to deal with the patient’s condition. Massage helps to relax the muscles of the body and nerves of the brain, which appear to be the reason for reducing chronic pain. Massage relaxes brain nerves by eliminating the load of stress over the brain. It helps the patient reduce the tension of the incident and try to forget the memories of that horrible moment.
3. Relaxed Muscles
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder not only affects the mental state but also affects the muscles of one’s body. When a patient remembers that traumatic incident, their muscle strands start to be stiff and tight due to changes in mental state. It seems that the person is actually transported to the incident place or has flashbacks of that moment. This condition affects the muscular activity of the patient. It makes the muscles more
tight and stiff so that the patient face more pain and trauma, leading to a severe condition. Massage helps reduce the muscles’ stiffness and tightness and relax the body, which helps get the patient back to the normal state.
4. Decreases Depression
Depression is one of the major aspects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The patient dealing with PTSD continuously remains depressed due to flashbacks and recalling the memory of the incident. Due to depression, they cannot adequately perform daily life activities, leading to even more depression. While massage therapy helps to deal with depression, it likewise helps with the other symptoms of this disease. It helps to overcome the flashbacks and memories of the incident. It relaxes the body and mind so that a patient may feel calm and become capable of diminishing the load of depression on the mind.
5. Helps to sleep properly
Another symptom of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is trouble with sleep. The person having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder cannot sleep most of the time due to chronic pain, flashbacks, depression and other impacts. They try to get better sleep but become anxious because they can’t relax. In this situation, massage therapy proves the best results for the patient. Massage relaxes the body muscles and brain nerves so that a patient can recover from a traumatic situation and feel refreshed.
Consider massage therapy in a regular routine in order to recover
from PTSD disease.
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