Massage your way healthy!

Pressing certain pressure points on your body can ease pain, tame tension and even reverse hair loss. Best of all, self-massage works as well as a pricey professional one!

- Ann Green

Soothe anxiety

Research in the International Journal of Neuroscience suggests that rubbing the recess between your brows for 3 minutes lowers levels of the stress hormone cortisol by up 31%. Plus, it boosts feel-good serotonin and dopamine by nearly a third. It releases tension in your brow, sending a signal to your brain that you’re in no danger. To do: Make a frown, then place a finger on the furrows that form between your brows. Relax your forehead then rub with firm, gentle pressure for 3 minutes.

Erase insomnia

A foot massage before bed helps you sleep up to an hour longer, a new study from the North American Menopause Society found. Rubbing your feet stimulates sleep-triggering nerve cells, offsetting a menopausal drop in estrogen that leaves at least 50% of women with insomnia. Just firmly massage the soles of each foot, starting at your heel and working your way up to each toe.