Massage Therapy provides an alternative health option to help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular over-use and many chronic pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development of painful muscular patterning, if employed early enough after accidents involving trauma and injury.
What to expect
Massage Therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to gain a therapeutic response. Soft tissue includes muscle, skin, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and membranes. Swedish massage is currently the most common form of therapy practised; however massage therapists may use a variety of therapies and techniques depending on your needs and their specialties, including hydrotherapy, PNF stretching, Therapeutic Ultrasound, Interferential Current, Myofascial Release, and postural exercise recommendations. Massage therapy offers a natural, hands on approach to wellness. It can be used as a preventive as well as restorative therapy and works to resolve the cause of your pain or discomfort rather than treating isolated symptoms. On your first visit, you will be asked for a confidential medical history, which will help the therapist form your assessment and treatment plan. You will be taken through a thorough assessment in order to determine the nature of your condition which includes range of motion, and orthopedic tests.
How can Massage Therapy help me?
Many of today's health problems arise from stress. Because stress upsets the delicate integral balance of all your body's functions, regaining this balance requires a holistic approach. Massage Therapy is widely used to help obtain relief from many specific problems, including:
