{"id":19880,"date":"2023-02-24T02:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T07:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2023-04-02T10:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:16:36","slug":"massage-your-secret-weapon-for-surviving-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/massage\/benefits-of-massage\/massage-your-secret-weapon-for-surviving-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage: Your Secret Weapon for Surviving the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What\u2019s the hardest part of winter for you? Cold air and short days giving you the blues? Parched skin drying out your spirits? That flu&nbsp;you can\u2019t seem to escape? Massage offers countless year-round benefits, but in this&nbsp;trying season, there are even more than you may realize. Here are a few you&nbsp;can\u2019t afford to ignore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massage Keeps Your Immune System Strong<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It can feel impossible to stay healthy in the winter\u2014holiday drinking, decreased&nbsp;exercise, and swarms of germs all&nbsp;conspire to sabotage our wellness. But&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amtamassage.org\/research\/Massage-Therapy-Research-Roundup\/Research-Roundup0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research<\/a>&nbsp;indicates that&nbsp;massage can offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/massage\/benefits-of-massage\/how-massage-boosts-immunity-to-keep-you-healthy-and-strong\/\">powerful defense<\/a>. To start, massage increases lymph flow, dispersing white blood cells that battle viruses and bacteria in the&nbsp;body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular massage also&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/online.liebertpub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1089\/acm.2011.0071?journalCode=acm&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reduces cortisol<\/a>, that nasty stress hormone linked with high&nbsp;blood pressure, suppressed immune function, and obesity.&nbsp;Even a lack of sleep can be a potent immunity killer, but studies have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleep.org\/articles\/can-massage-help-you-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a>&nbsp;that people who get regular massages have better&nbsp;circadian rhythms and&nbsp;spend more time in&nbsp;deep sleep, the most essential restorative stage of the sleep cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massage Promotes Health From the Inside Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your hands and feet are always chilly, or the cold air gives you aches and pains, you may need a circulatory&nbsp;boost. Massage <a href=\"https:\/\/today.uic.edu\/massage-therapy-improves-circulation-alleviates-muscle-soreness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enhances<\/a> blood flow as it warms the body, delivering more oxygen&nbsp;to muscles, joints, and&nbsp;organs. This naturally lowers blood pressure, reduces pain, and improves overall body function.&nbsp;As an added&nbsp;bonus, <a href=\"https:\/\/health.howstuffworks.com\/wellness\/spa-health\/5-massage-therapies-that-improve-circulation.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improved circulation<\/a> helps your skin to better absorb the&nbsp;oils used in a massage, along with the&nbsp;nourishing&nbsp;ingredients they contain. So even your dry winter skin will benefit from the inside-out powers of massage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/massage-on-demand\/services?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=editorial\" style=\"border-radius:4px;background-color:#333333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book a Massage at Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massage Thaws Out the Winter Blues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>About 5% of Americans suffer from seasonal affective disorder, a type of depression characterized by anxiety, irritability, fatigue, and&nbsp;weight gain during colder months\u2014and plenty more of us simply feel down this time of year. Massage is a great way to combat this&nbsp;phenomenon.&nbsp;In addition to improving overall relaxation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/mental-health\/research-backed-reasons-you-need-a-massage-for-your-mental-health\/\">wellbeing<\/a>, massage stimulates&nbsp;the endocrine system,&nbsp;which is essential in the creation and regulation of hormones. This decreases cortisol and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/mental-health\/love-hormone-what-is-oxytocin-how-triggered-in-body\/\">increases oxytocin<\/a>,&nbsp;leading to the release of serotonin and endorphins that relieve stress and enhance your mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Massage Kickstarts Creativity &amp; Productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For two decades, studies have been linking massage to improved&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/8884390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brain power<\/a>. If the deep winter&nbsp;has you feeling stuck in a work rut, massage might be just the thing to reboot your superpowers.&nbsp;In addition to&nbsp;giving your body a break, massage&nbsp;quiets the mind, freeing your brain to function more clearly. Looking for the&nbsp;\u201caha\u201d moment you need to solve a creative problem? Sometimes letting go and relaxing is all that\u2019s needed for&nbsp;the answers to reveal themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may explain why the number of businesses offering workplace massages to employees is on a rapid incline, and we believe in making it a priority for every business.&nbsp;<strong>Zeel@Work provides highly qualified, licensed, and vetted massage therapists and yoga instructors to companies of all kinds in&nbsp;<\/strong>a simple<strong>, easy-to-use platform employees and businesses love. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/chair-massage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/chair-massage\/book?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=editorial\" style=\"border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Chair Massage for Your Team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the hardest part of winter for you? Cold air and short days giving you the blues? Parched skin drying out your spirits? That flu&nbsp;you can\u2019t seem to escape? Massage offers countless year-round benefits, but in this&nbsp;trying season, there are even more than you may realize. Here are a few you&nbsp;can\u2019t afford to ignore: Massage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[160,1455,262,2054,2053,582,601,1214,1469],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-19880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-benefits-of-massage","tag-boosts-immune-system","tag-circulation","tag-cortisol","tag-creativity-boost","tag-immunuty","tag-massage","tag-massage-benefits","tag-wellness","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massage: Your Secret Weapon for Surviving the Winter - Zeel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Not only does massage help fight off fatigue and boost the immune system, but it also helps fight off the winter blues.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/massage\/benefits-of-massage\/massage-your-secret-weapon-for-surviving-the-winter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massage: Your Secret Weapon for Surviving the Winter - 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