FACIAL MASSAGE

Facial massage from a professional massage therapist in a massage spa can be a therapeutic massage that brings more than just beauty benefits. This is what Clare Maxwell-Hudson asserts in her article on facial massage for PositiveHealth.com. You may want to ask for facial massage along with your reflexology massage therapy, Swedish massage therapy, deep tissue massage therapy or pregnancy massage therapy the next time you visit your regular massage spa in Sarasota and Bradenton FL.Clare Maxwell-Hudson owns The Clare Maxwell-Hudson School of Massage located at Baker Street, London. She is also the author of six books on massage that are bestsellers in 22 countries.Maxwell-Hudson explains how facial massage enhances beauty. She says it can eliminate tension that mars the face. This brings about improved self-confidence. "The face opens like a flower," she narrates, adding, "we break through the barriers, allowing the real and inner beauty that we all possess to shine through."But Maxwell-Hudson also emphasizes that facial massage brings more than just beauty to the recipient. According to Maxwell-Hudson, people often have a tendency to resist relaxation during a massage, either consciously or unconsciously. She says facial massage almost always breaks down this resistance, enabling the recipient to derive the maximum good out of the massage therapy session.Facial massage also affects practically the entire body, Maxwell-Hudson asserts, because it provides sensory information to the brain to be disseminated throughout the body accordingly. The four senses of sight, hearing, smell and taste are all centered in the face and head. Touching the skin of the face also transmits sensory information to the brain through the cranial nerves. Other nerve systems also transmit sensory information from the face to other body parts such as the respiratory system and the digestive system. Maxwell-Hudson cites several cases where she applied facial massage to her clients and produced interesting results. One of her clients was having difficulty deciding whether or not to go through with a surgery. The therapist says that after the facial massage session the client claimed to have achieved a high sense of security safety as well as mental strength such that she had decided to push through with her operation.Maxwell-Hudson also had a client who was a painter and theater set designer. This client came to her for a facial massage whenever she felt a block in her creativity and imagination, claiming that the treatment brought clear images to her mind's eye.There was also another client who had undergone several operations for a broken kneecap and was in great pain. The client was surprised at how facial massage relieved pain in her knee.Finally, a male client of hers said after a session of facial massage, "It is incredible - I've just seen the solution to a business problem that has been worrying me for weeks. I can't believe it - it just popped into my mind and I wasn't even thinking about the situation!"Maxwell-Hudson says she uses a combination of strong strokes meant to stimulate and very light touch in her facial massage technique. She starts out with the strong staccato strokes which encourage the facial muscles to release tension. The client is brought to a relaxed and lethargic condition during which the therapist shifts to the lighter rhythmic strokes.At The Clare Maxwell-Hudson School of Massage, five different courses on facial massage are taught. There is the main facial massage training and there is also Facial Reflexology, Facial Acupressure, the Vodder Manual Lymph Drainage for the face and the Muscle Energizing Technique facial massage.With this information, facial massage now takes on more value as therapeutic massage from your massage spa in Sarasota and Bradenton FL.