Services
MASSAGE THERAPY
Massage therapy provides a wide variety of therapeutic approaches, working to improve an individual's health and well-being through the hands on approach and manipulation of muscles and other soft tissues such as tendons and ligaments. At the same time allowing benefits and improvement to the functioning of the circulatory, lymphatic, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
Medical Massage Therapy provides tremendous benefits to help with
a wide variety of medical conditions such as:
- • Anxiety
- • Arthritis; both osteo and rheumatoid
- • Asthma and bronchitis
- • Carpal tunnel syndrome
- • Chronic and temporary pain
- • Circulatory problems
- • Depression
- • Digestive disorders, including spastic colon and constipation
- • Frozen shoulder
- • Headache, especially due to muscle tension
- • Insomnia
- • Low back pain
- • Migraine
- • Muscle spasm
- • Myofascial pain (a condition of the connective tissue)
- • Neck and shoulder tension
- • Neuritis/neuralgia
- • Post injury rehabilitation
- • Pregnancy
- • Sciatica (leg aches)
- • Pulled or strained muscles and sprained ligaments
- • Reduced range of motion
- • Respiratory problems
- • Sinusitis
- • Sports injuries
- • Stress
- • Tendonitis/bursitis
- • TMJ problems ( Jaw dysfunction)
- • Whiplash
What Does Research Show about Massage Therapy?
Research studies confirm that massage therapy provides physical, mental and emotional benefits at all stage of life.
Physical Benefits - Massage therapy helps to stretch and loosen muscles, improve blood flow and the movement of lymph throughout the body, facilitate the removal of metabolic wastes resulting from exercise or inactivity, and increase the flow of oxygen and nutrients to cells and tissue. In addition, massage therapy stimulates the release of endorphins - the body's natural painkiller - into the brain and nervous system:
- Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation
- Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness
- Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments;
- Reduces pain and swelling; reduces formation of excessive scar tissue
- Reduces muscle spasms
- Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion
- Enhances athletic performance (promotes active lifestyle)
- Promotes deeper and easier breathing
- Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids
- Reduces blood pressure
- Helps relieve tension related muscular aches and pains, headaches and effects of eye strain
- Enhances the health and nourishment of the skin
- Improves posture
- Strengthens the immune system
Mental Benefits - Massage therapy provides a relaxed state of alertness reduces mental stress and enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity.
- Foster peace of mind
- Promote a relaxed state of mental alertness
- Help relieve mental stress
- Improve ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately
- Enhance capacity for calm thinking and creativity.
Emotional Benefits - Massage therapy satisfies the need for caring and nurturing touch where massage therapy helps:
- Create a feeling of well being
- Reduce levels of anxiety
Help to increased awareness of mind-body connection.
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