Stress:

        Massage is one of the best known antidotes for stress.  Reducing stress gives you more energy, improves your outlook on life, and in the process reduces your likelihood of injury and illness.

Painful or Tight Muscles:

      Massage can relieve many types of muscle tightness, from short term muscle cramps to habitually tight shoulders.

Delayed Muscle Soreness:

        After vigorous exercise. a buildup of waste products in your muscles can leave you feeling tired and sore.  Massage increases circulation which removes waste products and brings in nutrients.  Massage can help you stay vigorous and active, and lessen recovery time for strenuous workouts.

Prevention of New Injuries:

Pain or Tingling in Your Limbs:

        Muscles can become so contracted that they press on nerves in the arms, hands and legs causing pain, tingling or numbness.  If this happens massage may be able to release muscle spasms in these areas and bring much needed relief.  In some cases, the pain or tingling may not be from pressure by a muscle but pressure from a band of muscles that might have shifted as a result of daily use or injury.  If that is the case you may be asked to see a chiropractor for an adjustment before being worked on.

Secondary Pain:

        Massage may help relieve the secondary pain that can outlast its original cause.  Some examples of these are headaches from eye strain, chronic lower back ache from an old injury or bad posture, or the protective tensing of healthy muscles around the area of an injury.

Posture:

       Massage releases restriction in muscles, joints, and the surrounding fascia, freeing your body to return to a more natural posture.  Massage might be able to relieve the contracted muscles and pain caused by abnormal spinal curvatures such as scoliosis.

Forced Inactivity:

        There are many reasons why you may be forced to limit physical activity including injury, surgery, paralysis, or even normal aging.  When this happens, massage can relieve your aches and pains and improve circulation to your skin and muscles.  Even when an immobilized area cannot be massaged directly, the relaxation and increased circulation from a general massage may be able to bring you relief.

 

                             * Massage therapists do not perform any type of skeletal manipulation.

                             * Massage therapists are not physicians.  They can not diagnose an illness or injury.

       

 

 

 

        Besides releasing tight muscles that restrict joint movement, massage works directly on your joints to improve circulation, stimulate production of natural joint lubrication, relieve pain from conditions such as osteoarthritis, and increasing pain free range of motion.