KID MASSAGE
Kid massage can help decrease stress and stress hormone levels in children and adults the same. It can reduce anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. In turn, it can aid in improving sleeping habits.
Studies have shown that massage can help decrease stress and stress hormone levels in children and adults the same. Studies have also shown that children’s massage can reduce anxiety, depression, and chronic pain. Decreasing stress, in turn, can aid in improving sleeping habits.
- Autistic children have shown increased relaxation during activities after receiving regular massage, more so than those who received other methods of relaxation. There was a decrease in touch sensitivity and disruptive behaviour, and an increase in sleep and energy levels.
- The effects of ADD and ADHD in children could be reduced with regular massage treatments, thereby exhibiting less hyperactivity and more on-task behaviour. In some cases, regular massage has even cut down on the amount of regular prescription medication needed.
- Teenage psychiatric patients experienced improved sleep and clinical progress as well as decreased depression, anxiety and stress.
- Children with cerebral palsy had greater extension in previously flexed muscles with massage.
- Preschoolers showed better performance on tests of intellectual and manual skills after a 15 min massage. They also slept better during naps, were less likely to be overactive and had better behavior.
- Massage was shown to help children with dermatitis and other skin conditions.
- Massage was noted to relieve pain in children with early onset scoliosis.
- Regular massage helped to reduce and relieve childhood and adolescent growing pains.
Now that we know massage could be beneficial for children is there any reasons why they should not get a massage therapy treatment? The only contraindications for massage in children would be if they have a fever, acute infection or staph infection, swelling, open sores, or active diabetes. Otherwise it is up to the child as to whether they feel comfortable to have a massage.
View source: http://www.winhealth.ca/new-blog/2018/7/3/how-children-benefit-from-massage-therapy
