More than 70 million Americans are afflicted by hypertension, a disorder that can lead sufferers to contract seriously debilitating health problems such as blindness, kidney disease and heart failure. While it’s become common knowledge that good eating habits and regular aerobic exercise can lower a person’s blood pressure, it’s less commonly known that massage can also be helpful in treating hypertension. By stimulating the body’s parasympathetic nervous system, certain kinds of massage can help balance out a person’s blood pressure.
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