Skin Deep

“Spa treatment is the perfect s tress reliever for a rigorous schedule,” says Tanja Wager, the SpaZend manager. While therapists say that s pending time at spas certainly helps you relax, as most would assume, they are now finding that it can improve your everyday health as well. For starters, massages enable oxygen and nutrients to reach cells throughout your entire body. They promote healthy living by stimulating the lymphatic sys tem, which depletes the body of waste. New evidence also suggests that massage therapy helps manage severe pains such as arthritis and muscle spasms, as well as the pain experienced during pregnancy. Massage oils with Vitamin E are used in prenatal massage and also reduce swelling and reduce stretching of the skin around the mother’s belly.

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