The Importance of Massage and its Effects on Sleep Disorders

Sometimes, an extremely comfortable bed just isn’t enough: no matter how well-suited a mattress may be to their body, some people simply aren’t getting enough efficient sleep. This may be due to a number of factors, but most commonly, stress is the main culprit. The inability to fall or stay asleep, insomnia, is often caused by stress or anxiety. Insomnia, incidentally, is the most common sleep disorder. It affects approximately 58% of the American adult population at least a few nights per week. And you might have the most elegant and comfortable platform bed, but that won’t necessarily relieve your stress and improve the quality of your sleep. So, what can you do?One proven way to improve the quality of your sleep is to receive a nightly therapeutic massage, and the easiest and most convenient way to get this nightly massage is to invest in shiatsu massage chairs.

The alleged “healing power of touch” actually does have some instinctual merit; imagine a newborn, having trouble going to sleep. The baby fidgets and cries. What do you do? If you want to lull your baby into a relaxed state, you rub his back or his belly until he calms down. This is because massage activates a person’s parasympathetic nervous system: the system that controls digestion, concentration, and relaxation. It works as a complement to the sympathetic nervous system, which is activated by stress and anxiety.

Shiatsu massage chairs are specifically engineered to replicate the touch of an experienced masseur, so many of these robotic massage chairs provide invaluable stress relief and total body relaxation. With your muscles relaxed and your stress alleviated, you will find it much easier to fall asleep and stay asleep. This also means that you will wake up feeling refreshed and totally rejuvenated after an efficient slumber.

Shiatsu massage chairs also act on specific muscle groups to alleviate pains that may interfere with effective sleep patterns. Pains that commonly affect sleep include back pain and joint pain, but robotic massage chairs are designed to knead out any discomfort in these regions with innovative rollers and body scanning technology.

A good therapeutic massage even improves circulation, lowers blood pressure, and may even improve the effectiveness of your immune system to help fight disease. While a shiatsu massage chair may not guarantee a completely sound sleep every night, it undeniably and significantly improves general sleep patterns and provides plenty of valuable health benefits. For the best night’s sleep of your life, spend some time in your very own shiatsu massage chair before going to sleep in your comfortable platform bed. Your mind and body will thank you.