Just 10-Minutes of Self-Massage Helps Reduce Stress!

JUST 10 MINUTES OF MASSAGE 🫶 has been shown to help our bodies fight stress, and can significantly enhance psychological and physiological relaxation. ☀️

SELF-MASSAGE is a quick and easy way to achieve this! Use your fingers, palms, fists, knuckles, forearms, or elbows to rub and knead your muscles. There are also so many different tools to aid in self-massage, like foam rollers, balls, and trigger point tools.

I may be biased, as I have been a Registered Massage Therapist for over 10 years now, but self-massage is one of my favourite ways to relieve stress and show myself some self-love. When I release muscle tension on myself, I can literally feel stress leaving my body, so strongly to the point where I think to myself, "Ohhh, that's why I've been so b*itchy!" Haha!

Some of my favourites are:

- a head massage with the heel of my palm or finger tips

- an elbow to the thigh while sitting

- a thumb to the front of my shoulder

- using a forearm and elbow to massage the opposite forearm and hand

- a golf ball or other small ball for rolling under my foot

- a peanut ball (looks like 2 balls connected in the center, or you can put 2 tennis balls in a sock!) along either side of the spine

- foam roller to all sides of the thigh

Do you feel any sore spots or “knots”? Work those areas longer until the soreness subsides or you feel the muscle relax.

PRECAUTIONS: Perform self-massage techniques gently and within your comfort level. If you have any injuries, surgeries, or medical conditions, please speak to your massage therapist or physiotherapist to find self-massage techniques that are safe with your present condition. If you experience numbness or tingling during self-massage, move your pressure away from that area until the sensation subsides; this indicates you are pressing on a nerve, which should not be under sustained compression.

Thank you for reading!

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