Massage therapy
provides an approach to improving the quality of your health and life that can
be:
- more comfortable and pleasant to
experience than many other approaches
- easily and quickly evaluated to
determine how well massage is working for you
- nurturing as well as
therapeutic.
“An increasing number
of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure,
increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of
motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although
therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak,
inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and
inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a
more complete recovery from exercise or injury.
People with the
following conditions have reported that therapeutic massage has lessened or
relieved many of their symptoms.
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chronic and acute pain
- Circulatory problems
- Gastrointestinal disorders
(including spastic colon, colic and constipation)
- Headache
- Immune function disorders
- Insomnia
- Myofascial pain
- Premature infants
- Reduced range of motion
- Sports injuries (including pulled
or strained muscles and ligaments)
- Stress
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
dysfunction “
The role of the
massage therapist includes assessing your condition and your desired outcome to
identify a course of treatment that will be most helpful for you. The course of treatment would specify
what sort of improvements you could expect and how quickly. You would be able to evaluate your own
results at each point in the treatment program.
Check our Therapy
Options section, to gain greater understanding of the opportunities available
for experiencing improved health and wellness.