Many health problems we encounter can be helped, on some level, with massage therapy. There are extensive benefits to massage therapy. Massage therapy has therapeutic effects that can help improve health by acting on the muscular, nervous, circulatory and lymphatic (immune) systems. Massage therapy can help control pain, acute or chronic, in stress reduction, and in creating a sense of relaxation and well-being. Since many websites talk extensively about the benefits of massage, I would like to refer you to read about more from at least one original source. Please click this link to visit Massage Therapy. Also, the Touch Research Institute has an impressive compilation of abstracts demonstrating the benefits of massage therapy on numerous mild and serious illnesses.