There are a lot of men and women experiencing what may be the most painful and stressful time in their lives. However, there are ways to help ride through this difficult period and begin to heal. There are many different ways of caring for yourself through the healing process. Counseling, exercise, and new activities are commonly recommended for people going through this life change. Another beneficial option is therapeutic massage.
Massage therapy can assist the healing process in a number of ways.
Before exploring the ways massage can help, let s look at the havoc that divorce can wreak in your life. According to Divorce and New Beginnings by Genevieve Clapp, Ph.D., stress is the inevitable fallout of divorce. This is due to the profound disruption in all areas of your life including major and minor life changes, intense and changing emotions, the restructuring of relationships, building a new identity and lifestyle as well as the ongoing self-appraisal. Certainly, the part of your life most affected by divorce is your emotions. All of the sudden someone who was always there is not there at all.