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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Anti Aging Advice: Start Below The Skin

By Steve Esquire

Are you interested in retaining your youthful appearance? Most people are trying to fight the aging process and maintain their beauty and young appearance. A whole industry has sprung up called anti aging. Anti aging is a broad category targeting all aspects of maintaining your health and beauty. Most people are familiar with cosmetic companies offering a whole range of anti wrinkle creams and ointments. On the other side is cosmetic surgery where your appearance can be changed by skilled doctors. In between is a whole host of other products and services targeting the fight against the aging process. Aging is a complex issue that is just in the beginning of being understood. What is known is that skin is just the superficial layer and the muscles and tissues below the surface need treatment as well. Now, massage chairs are offering massage therapies to help the fight against aging.

Let us bypass the skin treatments and start to look at cause and effect of aging. We will all get old. The trick is to age gracefully. If we go to the root of aging, we see 2 major factors that act as catalysts to the aging process. The first is stress. If you want to age quickly, stress will definitely be the accelerator. The second catalyst is the muscles of the body. Our muscles can be used, abused or underused. This will determine how we look and age. These two items can percolate to the surface causing signs of aging. By the time the problem reaches the skin, we need a major overhaul.

It is impossible to live life without stress. The question is how do we minimize it and quickly reverse the effects of it on the body? We come under pressure from all angles. As we are put under stress, our body reacts. Stress mobilizes your major organs and activates your muscles for action. Your body is ready to take physical action. Trouble is that most of the stress we have is mental. I am late to a meeting and I need to get in the car and drive their quickly. My body is racing, but I am sitting down in the car. Meanwhile, the stress is causing chemical reactions in the body. The body builds up waste products as well, such as toxins. But we do not give the body a physical release of these items.

If we are out running errands and are running behind what happens? We start to get nervous or stressed. We have all these things to get done and we aren't quite getting there. This builds up stress in our bodies, but we are not releasing them through any physical action. Chemicals and toxins build up in the body. They need to be released. How can we do that? One proven effective method is massage therapy. Not only does massage therapy such as shiatsu or Swedish massage help to release toxins, but it also helps us to relax. Both of these massage techniques are available in the best massage chair brands.

What about the whole body anti aging thing. Let us take a look at reflexology massage. This therapy helps to reverse the process of stress. I guess we should call is anti stress. Reflexology works by stimulating trigger points in the feet to help calm and relax the major organs. Reflexology charts have been developed showing parts of the feet and their corresponding organ that they connect with. By massaging these points, the feet send signals to calm the organs. Remember, when you were under stress, the organs send signals to the feet and hands to be ready. While the massage chair stimulates your trigger points in your feet, it is also performing a full body massage. Now your body and mind begin to relax.

Welcome to the modern world where stress comes with the territory. Stress seems to be almost automatic like breathing. It is hitting us all the time from every direction. Since stress is continuous our treatment against stress must also be continuous. We have to periodically flush out the excess toxins that are building up in our body. Massage therapy is a practical way to do this. Massage chairs offer the convenience of 24/7 access and effective therapy. They are also the most economic way to receive massage therapy on a frequent, recurring basis. Add a massage chair to your arsenal to looking your best and keeping your body healthy.

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