Stress & Cortisol
With 90% of all illness and disease being stress related, therapeutic massage is a wonderfull option and proactive choice to lower cortisol, the stress hormone.
The link provided here below will take you to the American Institute of Stress. I may post more info and links on this page at a later time, so be sure to enjoy this and check back again.
The first link is from Medline Plus, a tutorial on positive and negative stress and how to manage it.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/managingstress/htm/_yes_50_no_0.htm
http://www.stress.org/
To take a stress survey click on this link below.
http://www.stress.org/2001Harris.pdf
