Massage Services

Massage- Fast Relief

Aware, progressive areas offer various

modalities of massage therapy and natural healing alternatives to choose from.

As natural healing methods become more well known many people are opting for a

combination of traditional medicine and natural healing using an array of applications

• * massage therapy,
• * reiki,
• * water foot detoxification,
• * hot stone therapy
• * along with vitamins and supplements.

Hey, That Hurt

Sports enthusiasts have been one of the first groups to discover the natural healing arts.

Weekend warriors and sports junkies have found that they can move again after a

soothing session of massage. Some swear by the natural healing arts as the dominate

method to make a quick comeback. Others are just beginning to experiment with a

combination of traditional and natural ways of healing.

Factoring in the cost of health insurance and care, prevention is playing a more important

role in health care.

Natural Methods Just Make Sense

Traditional medicine tends to treat symptoms while a more holistic approach

incorporating natural prevention stops the symptoms from ever occurring. A more aware

population is literally taking healing into their own hands with impressive

results.

Local health departments encourage citizens to eat more vegetables, less processed foods,

and exercise regularly.

Their official websites often list disease prevention options through

• * nutrition,
• * exercise s
• * stress reduction

Reading some of the websites you might think you were visiting a natural healing

information page.

The merger of natural health and medicine is happening in large part because natural healing

methods can get dramatic results.

Increasingly, traditional institutions are waking up to alternative options.

Massage services include -

• * Deep tissue massage,
• * Swedish ,
• * Neuromuscular,
• * Pregnancy and
• * Hot stone massage.

More Alternatives

Other methods of energy work include Reiki and reflexology.

It is not unusual to find massage therapy in the workplace, along with instructional

classes on disease prevention.

Health Departments also encourage citizens to

get involved and take classes offered on such topics as nutrition label reading.

Other aware choices include

• establishing quite stress reducing zones
• soothing mealtime to reduce stress and help digestion
• limiting the mealtime serving size to a reasonable portion for each individual
• eating on a regular schedule

All these suggestion are preventive promoting a healthy lifestyle rather thanwaiting for sickness and treating symptoms.

Massage therapy services can be an important part of any healthy lifestyle. It reduces stress,

increases blood flow to tissues, and promotes general well being and vital health.

Some practitioners believe massage is the most natural of alternative practices.

Touch at the point of bodily pain seems intuitive
like other instincts such as sleeping when tired or running from danger.

And professionals agree that massage, no matter how basic can be a potent healer.

Massage has developed over centuries.

SWEDISH MASSAGE uses light tapping and kneading work to massage the entire body. Benefits include relieving muscle tension and loosening sore joints. There are five basic strokes in Swedish Massage. Anyone can become adept at this style and use the the techniques on themselves and others.

    * effleurage (gentle flowing touch)
    * petrissage (muscles are squeezed andpulled)
    * friction
    * tapotement (more pressure is applied with short strokes)
    * vibration (the area is pulsed rapidly )

DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE focuses on tension in muscles that lies below the body surface . There are five layers of muscle in the back.  While Swedish massage may help the first couple of layers, a more depth oriented massage is needed for the muscle underneath. Deep muscle techniques involve slow strokes and direct pressure.  A massage therapist will use  fingers, thumbs or occasionally even elbows to apply pressure.

SPORTS MASSAGE is designed to help you train better.  Both World Champions and amateurs can benefit. The techniques are similar to those in Swedish and deep tissue massage. Sports massage is designed for each athlete's unique needs. Before competition, pre-event massage can help warm up muscles and improve circulation. It can also either energize or relax an athlete and help him or her focus on the event. Post-event massage can help waste products flow out of the body and improve recovery .

NEUROMUSCULAR MASSAGE is a type of deep tissue massage. It is applied to individual muscles.
Neuromuscular

    * increases blood flow,
    * isolates and reduces pain and
    * releases  indirect pressure on nerves caused by injuries to muscles and tissue.

Neuromuscular massage  releases stress points, intense knots of tense muscle can also echo pain to other parts of the body.

For example- relieving a tense point in your back could help ease pain in your shoulder or reduce headaches.

ROLFING re-structures your body's  posture. When posture is poor it can manifest in a number of health problems, such as backaches, headaches and joint pain. Rolfing realigns and straightens the body by working the myofascia, the connective tissue that surrounds muscles and helps hold the body together. Rolfing used to be rather painful, but new techniques that employ a therapist’s hands and elbows have improved the pain and are just as effective at aligning your posture.

HELLERWORK comes from Rolfing and adds both mental and movement re-education to the physical work. In a series sessions, you receive instruction on how to break bad posture habits plus you get a massage that focuses on aligning  muscles and other tissue in their proper positions. The result can be dramatic. This is the work that can result in actually heightening a person by three quarters of an inch.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY is a delicate massage that focuses on the skull and spinal column. Therapists use gentle  pressure to massage the bones, membranes and fluids that support the skull and spinal column. The idea is that these subtle manipulations reduce tension and counteract any physical head trauma you may have experienced over the years.

FELDENKRAIS treats each body as an individual with unique postures and different patterns of movement.  Practitioners seek to teach their clients specific patterns of movement through slow, gentle, exercise sessions. It also includes a gentle massage that is designed to teach a person how to slowly expand his range of motion. This method is often useful for victims of stroke or accidents who have lost movement.

TRAGER uses simple rocking massage to help release the body’s tense “holding patterns".  For example, if a patient had an old shoulder injury there might still be a tendency to hold that shoulder lower or higher than the other. Therapists employ light, gentle shaking techniques that are unlike traditional Swedish-style massage. The concept is to make people more body aware, especially through movement and posture. There is a connection between the physical and emotional patterns often resulting in unexpected emotional expression and release.

These are a few of the important massage services available from professional therapists.

Therapeutic Touch

The services of a good massage therapist can literally help an injured or debilitated person function normally again.

An accident such as a household fall, a sports injury, work related trauma to the body ( heavy lifting) can  cause accumulated tension to get worse. A visit to a massage therapist can be the starting point of relief.

Many patients are surprised and even startled by how much relief they can get from a thirty minute or one hour massage. Some special needs patients receive regular weekly massage sessions as a way to keep going.

Increased Stamina Through Relaxation

Office workers benefit from regular massage and are more productive after the healing release of tensions.

Gradual building of tension becomes a way of life for many. Stress held in the body for a prolonged period can result in posture distortions. These simple changes , if left unchecked, can accumulate and become serious issues.

A fall or accident from years past can be held in the body and literally deform the spine and hips. Some of these trouble spots can be relieved with a few sessions. Some can be completely healed through massage.

Workers with jobs involving heavy lifting, climbing and body contortions such as crawling in small spaces often need regular massage . These therapeutic sessions are part of the job.

Peak Performance

Much like an athlete who needs regular attention from a trainer and sports therapist, workers with physical jobs should get similar attention. Actors, dancers, laborers under physical stress often forget to include massage checkups.

Many employers hire professional massage services to make house, or--office calls for staff. In some businesses it has become standard practice to have a massage therapist on hand. Race car drivers and race teams appreciate the stamina after massage. services.