Therapeutic touch can help to reduce pain and anxiety. Therapeutic touch is a therapy that is believed to restore balance throughout the body, in order to promote healing. During therapeutic touch therapy, our Holistic Therapy Practitioner focuses on the “Whole Self” to help restore the patient as fully as possible.

A gentle touch massage can help muscles and nerves relax and release tension. It works in conjunction with medications to keep a patient comfortable and help to alleviate pain, which can promote the sleep and relaxation that families often notice.

At Mayo Clinic, medical providers may recommend massage therapy to help people cope with the pain and stress of conditions such as cancer, heart disease, stomach problems or fibromyalgia.

When we receive touch a signal is sent to our brain, which then triggers the release of oxytocin – commonly known as the love drug – as well as the two other happy hormones, Serotonin and Dopamine. The intentional, informed 'touch' of Massage Therapy goes even further.