We all know what it’s like to feel stressed out. Whether you’re facing issues at home or work — with relationships or finances — intense stress can wear on you. These emotional or mental health issues can lead to more serious physical problems. This is why so many people are talking about ways to improve stress levels through effective coping skills.

There are real solutions out there to help improve mental wellness. If you are passionate about mental health and want to help others by pursuing a career or business opportunity around it, there are some great opportunities.

Stressed-Out Society

Let’s examine just how critical the problem has become. Mental health is a hot topic, as both anxiety and depression rates among adults have hit a crisis stage, even prompting the White House to create a strategy to combat it.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, data suggested about 8.5% of American adults were dealing with depression. That number has climbed to 32.8%, with diagnosed depression now affecting one in every three American adults.

The same is true with anxiety. Based on information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey, 47% of adults reported symptoms of anxiety.

Massage Combats Stress

We have learned how necessary self-care is to combat stress. Keep in mind that stress is a normal part of life. However, it can reach a critical stage, leading to long-term mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. For many, stress can break down your physical health and present itself in the form of:

• Cardiovascular disease
• High blood pressure
• Abnormal heart rhythms
• Heart attacks
• Strokes
• Obesity and other eating disorders
• Menstrual problems
• Skin and hair problems, such as acne, psoriasis, eczema, and permanent hair loss
• Gastrointestinal problems

What can help is having a dedicated wellness routine which includes regularly scheduled massages. This not only relaxes tense muscles that are prone to being strained when you are feeling anxiety or depression, but massage has even more physiological effects on the body. The National Institutes of Health published findings supporting evidence that massage can alleviate symptoms of depression.

Massage has been shown to decrease cortisol, one of the body’s stress hormones.

Cortisol:

• Boosts energy so you can handle stress
• Manages how the body uses carbohydrates
• Keeps down inflammation
• Regulates blood pressure
• Increases blood sugar
• Controls your sleep/wake cycle

But if cortisol levels are high for long periods, it can be problematic.

Researchers have found the connection with massage lowering other stress hormones like norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin. As levels decrease, so too do anxiety and depression.

The Business of Mental Wellness

But you can help. Being an owner of a mental health franchise is a vital opportunity, placing you in a position to serve people in need by combatting this crisis.

There are franchise businesses out there that can support customers’ mental health needs, like talk therapy counseling or gyms to promote exercise and nutrition. The release of endorphins through exercise is known to lighten mood and decrease stress. But perhaps the best hands-on wellness option is being part of a franchise spa, like MassageLuXe, delivering the healing power of massage as a stress management tool.

MassageLuXe is the Mental Health Franchise You’re Looking For

It’s no wonder that a mental health franchise like MassageLuXe is growing. We take our clients’ wellness seriously. We are not only in a position to pamper our customers with a luxurious spa experience but also provide much-needed services in a high-demand business.

Massage is a $16 billion business and growing as more people see the medical benefits. Growth in the massage industry means profit potential for you as a business owner. You’ll be part of a brand that’s committed to not only delivering an effective wellness opportunity but also educating your clients about the healing health benefits of massage as a routine service to maintain their balanced mental health.

As a franchisee, providing your community with this critical service is simplified by our market-tested and proven operational system. MassageLuXe pioneered the membership-based model, which means recurring revenue opportunities. As a franchisee, you’ll have a quick ramp-up with early profit potential thanks to an expanding service line, product offerings, and top-notch grand opening marketing support.

Getting into the spa and wellness industry has never been easier than partnering with MassageLuXe, a brand committed to our clients’ mental health.

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