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Essay / The Benefits: The Benefits of Pet Massage - 592
The benefits of pet massage are to help relieve muscle tension and it also helps open blood vessels for better circulation, the Massage has the same benefits for humans as it does for dogs, and also for cats, it helps animals feel relaxed. Not only does massage benefit people, but it also benefits animals. Not only dogs benefit from massages, cats and horses can also benefit from them. Massage helps animals feel relaxed and not feel overworked, as animals are very active and are always running, jumping and being very playful. Massage therapy is one of the oldest forms of healing; massage was practiced by “the ancient Egyptians, the Romans and also the Chinese”. ("Johnson, L." 2006) first it was used for humans and is later used to massage animals. When a pet has muscle tension, massage helps them feel relaxed and massage also helps pets feel better afterwards. To recover from illness, not only dogs, cats and even humans can, later massage was used on horses, but domestic and wild animals can also benefit from massage. Humans and animals benefit from mass...