Strengthen Your Immune System through Body Massage Therapy in Clearwater, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor and Trinity, FL

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The basic foundation of good health is a strong immune system. You can strengthen your immune system with body massage therapy in Clearwater, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor and Trinity, FL. There are professional massage therapists to help you in well-appointed and reputable massage spas.

Scientific studies have established the beneficial effects of massage in boosting immunity. The most dramatic results can be seen in studies done among HIV positive patients.

As HIV worsens, the patients’ CD4+ cells decline. These are the immune system’s helper cells. HIV attaches itself to the CD4+ cells so that when CD4+ cells multiply to fight infection, HIV multiplies, too, and disarms the CD4+ cells. Immunity is, therefore compromised. The normal range of CD4+ cell counts should be 500 to 1,600 or an average of 1,000 per cubic millimeter of blood. In AIDS cases, the CD4+ count falls below 200.

Another helper cell of the immune system is the CD8+ cell or suppressor cell. There should be one CD8+ cell for every 1-2 CD4+ cells. In HIV patients, this ration decreases, too, as more helper cells are depleted.

Studies have, therefore, used cellular measures as the gauge for the effectiveness of massage in strengthening immunity. A study by Ironson et al in 1996 was participated in by 29 adult male HIV patients divided into two groups. The first group was given 45-minute massages from Monday to Friday for one month. The second group had no massage. After the month-long treatment, the massage group showed an increase in CD8+ cells, as well as in natural killer (NK) cells which are also crucial in fighting diseases.

A following study by Diego et al was participated in by 24 adolescent HIV patients. This time, the study covered three months. The massage group was given 20-minute chair massage sessions twice a week for those three months. The second group was given 20-minute relaxation therapy sessions twice a week for the same three months. After the treatment period, the massage group alone had increased CD4+ cells, improved CD4+-to-CD8+ ratio, and increased NK cells.

In 2000, a study by Birk et al showed that the frequency of massage is a major factor for producing positive outcomes in terms of immune boosting. Birk et al only gave their participants once a week massage sessions and showed no effects on immune system cell measures.

More positive results were shown by the study conducted by Shor-Posner et al among 24 HIV positive children aged two to eight years old in the Dominican Republic, with blood samples flown to a Miami laboratory for testing. The massage group was given 20-minute massage sessions twice a week for three months. The control group was given friendly visits by a nurse or therapist for 20 minutes twice a week for the same three months. After the treatment period, the massage group’s CD4+ and CD8+ cell counts increased while those of the control group decreased.

It is encouraging to note that massage could now be used as a weapon in fighting HIV, especially among children. It can be a very important weapon especially in areas that cannot afford expensive medication.

If massage can help the ravaged immune system of those afflicted with HIV, think of how much it can improve the health of those who do not have HIV.

Do yourself and your health a favor by strengthening your immune system. You can choose from a wide variety of body massage therapy services, including deep tissue massage, sports massage and Swedish massage, given by qualified massage therapists in the massage spas of Clearwater, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor and Trinity, FL. This is one prescription you’ll definitely enjoy.

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