""Whether it's a squeeze of the hand, a big bar hug, a kneading massage, even a bedroom romp, touch is shaping up to be the ultimate mind-body medicine," Health Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011, p 92.
According to Mark Rapaport, MD, chair of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles and Roberta Lee, MD, vice chair of the Department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in NYC, touch is one of the quickest ways to relax. Massages cause muscles to relax, heart rates to slow down and our immune system to improve. Studies are showing that anxiety-causes situations are handled better when one is touched, especially by someone who loves them. So, something to consider for both you and the person for whom you provide care, in what ways can you implement touch in order to be more relaxed and less anxious?
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