Massage Tutor Celebrates American Heart Month: Massage therapy + Happy heart = Happy Life

Massage Tutor Celebrates American Heart Month: MASSAGE THERAPY + HAPPY HEART = HAPPY LIFE %3D In the month of February, Americans celebrate Valentine's day. Love, hearts, chocolates, cards and flowers are everywhere. Along with Valentine's day, February marks American Heart Month, the best time to make a difference, to commit to a healthy lifestyle and spread the words and encourage people to live healthy hearts. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. People of all ages and backgrounds can get the condition. The heart is one of the most important organs in the entire human body. It is really nothing more than a pump, composed of muscle which pumps blood throughout the body, beating approximately 72 times per minute of our lives. Very essential to life. If the heart ever ceases to pump blood the body begins to shut down and after a very short period of time will die. DAbout 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year-that's 1 in every 4 deaths. I O Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common I type of heart disease, killing over 370,000 people annually. I O Every year about 735,000 Americans have a heart I attack. Of these, 525,000 are a first heart attack and 210,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack CDC Factors that affects the heart failure: Uncontrollable: Controllable: •Smoking • Male High in bad cholesterol (LDL) or Low in good cholesterol HDL • Older age •Post-menopausal Blood Pressure • Family history of Heart • Uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) •Physically inactive • Race like African-Americans, American Indians, and Mexican- Americans are more likely to have heart disease than Caucasians • Obesity (more than 20% over ideal body weight) • Uncontrolled stress and anger How massage can benefit your heart? Many people with heart disease can very much benefit from receiving a great massage from a skilled and qualified massage therapist. Stimulate the release of happy hormones Stress Reduction Stimulate normal Improves circulation inflammation process Increase oxygenation of tissue and muscle Inhibits the stress hormones For more in-depth knowledge about the prevention of heart disease, please visit the American Heart Association at http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/. If you want to learn massage therapy visit us at http://www.massagetutor.com/or call (801) 484-7624 powered by Piktochart make information beautiful