Why Self Massage

The body seems to be designed to need massage, and essentially gets it from us whether we intend to or not.

Our body has a protective layer under the skin known as the fascia that encapsulates everything in its fibrous, elastic nature, intended to hold everything together, obviously, but also to repair tissue and receive/filter stimuli.

The functions of repair and stimulus filtering can put stress on the elasticity if we are not practicing regular movement and massage due to the amount of layering and by-product left behind.

Both of which create density, restricting elasticity and put pressure on the fluid systems of the body.

Just moving the joints through their full range of motion, every single day, especially first thing in the morning (as our fascia repairs itself the during sleep) is massaging them.

When it comes to our fluid systems, blood has pumps, but lymph does not.

Lymph fluid relies solely on the pumping of the cardiovascular system and us physically moving to allow for fluidity.

That means that any amount of density putting pressure on the lymphatic system is going to interfere with it's fluidity, which is then putting stress on your cardiovascular system and no longer filtering out by-product materials at optimum capacity.

This means your body is slowly struggling to receive nutrients and move out toxins.

Our organs also benefit from massage and receive small amounts everytime we move and compress our abdomen.

These small acts of self-care help the tissue move fluids while also prevent tissue build-up, slowing and sometimes even reversing the effects of aging without massage/movement commonly experienced in modern society where stationary lifestyles have become most common.