Massage Benefits
Massage therapy is beneficial for muscles, ligaments, soft tissue health, and nerves. Benefits may include:
Specific massage benefits may include:
- Pain relief
- Reduced stress
- Deep relaxation
- Decreases muscled tension and stiffness
- Faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments
- Increases mobility and flexibility of muscles and joints
- Accelerated healing after surgery or injuries by reducing pain and swelling and lessening formation of scar tissue
- Deeper and easier breathing resulting in better flow of oxygen to cells, body tissues, and organs
- Improvement in circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids thus strengthening the immune system
- Improved posture
- Improved mental alertness
- Increased awareness and appreciation of the mind-body connection
- Decreased anxiety
- Increased overall sense of well-being
- Personalized self-care tips from your massage therapist
Massage Therapy treatments can provide relief for the following common conditions:
Massage is effective professional health care that provides a drug-free approach to pain management and rehabilitation. It is widely understood that massage therapy decreases stress and helps control pain. It is also effective in treating deeper structures and in providing relief for many common conditions such as:
- Stress and pain management
- Conditions related to stress
- Back, shoulder and neck pain
- Muscle and joint stiffness, soreness
- Tension headaches and migraines
- Decreased range of motion and pain associated with arthritis
- Sciatic pain/piriformis syndrome
- Sprains, strains, muscle spasms
- Nerve compressions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Tendinitis, bursitis
- Whiplash
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Jaw pain and TMJ
- Post injury rehabilitation
- Fibromyalgia
- Breast pain
- Pre/post natal care