As this is Massage Awareness week, I thought you might like to read a few interesting facts about massage and the human body. We really are amazing!
There are over 200 recognized modalities of bodywork around the world
There are over 640 muscles in the human body.
There are 206 bones in an adult human body. There are about 300 at birth.
- It is impossible to lick your elbow.
- Human jaw muscles can generate a force of 200 pounds on the molars.
- How fast are nerve signals? Some, like the ones for muscle position travel on extra fast nerve fibers at speeds of up to 390 feet per second! But other messages, like some kinds of pain signals, travel more slowly. If you stub your toe, you feel the pressure right away because touch signals travel 250 feet per second. But you won’t feel the pain for another 2 or 3 seconds because pain signals generally travel at only 2 feet per second.
- The average person can live without food for a few weeks, depending on their body type.
- The average person can live without water for 3 or 4 days.
- The average person needs 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night.
- The heaviest human brain recorded weighed about 5 pounds.
- It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
- The Playtsma muscle is what helped to create the infamous ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ expression.
- Skin is the largest organ in the body. It protects you from illnesses, helps control your body’s temperature, and helps you to feel everything from a hot kettle to a soft breeze.
- Most people don’t get enough sleep. Sleeping helps you to concentrate, keep a good attitude, deal with stresses, and handle daily activities like driving a car.
- Bob Hope lived to be 100 years young, and is believed to have had therapeutic massage daily as part of his healthy regimen.
- Go ahead and LAUGH! Laughing lowers blood pressure and lifts your spirits!
- The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
- Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
- 15 million blood cells are produced and destroyed in the human body every second.
- The brain uses more than 25% of the oxygen used by the human body.
- Muscles are made up of bundles from about 5 in the eyelid to about 200 in the buttock muscles.
- Muscles in the human body (640 in total) make up about half of the body weight.
- Most people blink about 17,000 times a day.
- There are 60,000 miles in blood vessels in every human body.
If you haven't scheduled your celebratory massage awareness hour, make sure to call soon!
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