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Massage and heart rate

Posted by mary on Feb 7, 2010

As reported by MSNBC, researchers have found an increased risk of heart disease for people with a resting heart rate over 70 beats per minute. Massage has been found to be effective in reducing resting heart rate:


Regular massages may soothe a rapid heartbeat. Relaxation techniques reduce your body’s production of adrenaline, norepinephrine, and epinephrine, stress hormones that rev up your heart in the face of danger, says Atman P. Shah, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA. A 2007 British study found that people who received an hour of reflexology treatment (a type of foot or hand massage) had rates that averaged almost 8 bpm lower than when they went without.

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