Trucking Health Care

Massage therapy is essential for people of all
ages and from all walks of life, especially for truckers.
Massage therapy helps in most of health conditions,
like stress related tension, which, experts believe,
accounts for 80%-90% of all diseases. Massage therapy is
treating high blood pressure, diabetes, low back pain,
sleep disorders, spinal cord injuries, eating disorders,
smoking cessation, and depression, and these are very few
examples.

Massage therapy has many physiological effects, such as:

• Increasing circulation

• Stimulating the lymph system

• Relaxing overused muscles

• Reducing spasms and cramps

• Increasing joint flexibility

• Releasing endorphins, the body’s natural pain killers

• Reducing pain for low back

• Reducing pain for migraines

Massage therapy also provides another therapeutic
component largely absent in today’s world: tactile
stimulation, or, more simply, touch. Many adults have
reported cathartic experiences on the massage table.
As a therapist unwinds a client stressed and
tired muscles, the therapist is also unwinding the taut,
pent-up emotions that one does not always have time to process.
The feeling of being touched in a safe, caring, compassionate
manner can be a very powerful experience, reminding the trucker
that he or she is not alone in the world.