There are two main effects: reflexive and mechanical. Massage stimulates a chain of events which tells the body to relax. For example, nerves in the skin and muscles send impulses to the brain, and the brain in turn tells the muscles to release. These reflexive effects are known as the relaxation response, or rest and digest: the heart and breath rate slows, stress hormone production slows, blood pressure goes down.
2017 Pro Bowl. The 2017 Pro Bowl was the National Football League's all-star game for the 2016 season which was played at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida on January 29, 2017. The game was televised nationally by ESPN.
The Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). From the merger with the rival American Football League (AFL) in 1970 up through 2013 and resuming in 2016, it is officially called the AFCâNFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference (AFC) against those in the National Football Conference (NFC).