Relax, have a massage and play bingo!

Stress is America’s number one health problem. Numerous surveys confirm that adult Americans perceive they are under much more stress than a decade or two ago. Studies conducted by The American Institute of Stress show that contemporary stress tends to be more pervasive because it stems primarily from psychological than physical threats. According to Statistic Brain, 73 percent of Americans regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress.

Contemporary stress can eventually cause health problems such as diabetes, heart attacks, hypertension, and strokes. Because of this alarming problem, health specialists and enthusiasts look for various ways to prevent and combat contemporary stress.

Bingo therapy

According to industry journal Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition in 2012, playing bingo has therapeutic effects. It serves as occupational therapy to those living with cognitive problems. It is also an effective stress therapy as it helps in relaxation. Relaxing activities like bingo can prevent physical and emotional strain caused by anxiety or overwork leading to depression and elevated blood pressure. Because of its health benefits, the game has spawned different versions both live and online. Stress Bingo enables players to learn more about stress and how to manage it. It includes 16 bingo cards, five sets of calling cards to review information, bingo chips, and a facilitator’s instruction sheet. Online bingo websites also promote a positive environment by providing players chat functionalities and social media channels where players can interact with one another. CheekyBingo even cooperates with GamCare, one of the leading authorities on advice and practical help in addressing the social impact of gaming. Although plagued by stress, people should still be dependable enough to play moderately. The online bingo site is dedicated to preventing compulsive gaming by promoting a responsible gaming environment.

Spa and massage therapy

Massage therapy is composed of different techniques. Massage therapists, chairs and beds will press, rub, and even manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body. Researchers have studied that massage can treat everything from physical to mental ailments. This is backed up by the Meta-Analysis of Massage Therapy Research performed by Christian Moyer and James Hannum. It concluded that the benefits of massage include pain relief, lowered blood pressure and heart rate, and reduced trait anxiety and subclinical depression. There are also theories that massage may block nociperception (gate control theory), stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system, which may activate the release of endorphins and serotonin, also known as “happy hormones,” and improving sleep. Such effects are yet to be supported by well-developed clinical studies.