A massage helps against stress and relaxes your muscles, but there are a number of other positive effects you might not immediately expect. For instance, did you know that a massage is also good for the immune system?

Through massage, you stimulate blood flow to send oxygen and other substances through the body. If blood flow is good then your body feels and functions better, cells get oxygen more easily and waste products are disposed of faster. In short, massage promotes blood flow to your muscles and keeps waste products from accumulating.

Waste products (cytokines)
The natural process in physical exercise goes as follows: muscles are damaged as a result of the breakdown of muscle proteins. The waste products have a strong attraction to the nerve roots in the affected area and cause various degrees of pain.

Immune system
A massage is good for the immune system, as more white blood cells are produced and the stress hormone cortisol is reduced. A massage also improves well-being: the happiness hormones serotinine and endorphins are produced. These happiness hormones make you feel happy and confident.

What other surprising effects of massage are there?
The most common are an energy boost, increased immunity and improved sleep. When you have muscle tension you sleep badly, when you sleep badly you perform badly, when you perform badly you get stressed and when you are stressed your muscles cramp up.

In my practice, I always work with FIT Massage Oil because it allows me to give the best treatments. Of course, the masseur's technique determines the effect of the massage, but the oil also contributes to this. The FIT Professional Care products allow me to maintain skin contact as much as possible. This is because the oil does not absorb and slide off the skin immediately. As a result, the person is more relaxed and less distracted, because I don't have to keep adding new oil.