Benefits

• Office workers massaged regularly were more alert, performed better and were less    stressed than those who weren't massaged. • Massage therapy decreased the effects of anxiety, tension, depression, pain, and    itching in burn patients. • Abdominal surgery patients recovered more quickly after massage. • Premature infants who were massaged gained more weight and fared better than    those who weren't. • Autistic children showed less erratic behavior after massage therapy.