Benefits of Massage

• Helps you perform to your fullest potential
• Creates a positive physical and mental effect
• Promotes relaxation
• Increases body awareness
• Enhances the function of the joints and muscles
• Increases protection from injury
• Improves circulation and general body tone
• Enhances the muscular, nervous, circulatory and lymphatic systems
• Relieves mental and physical fatigue
• Useful in the treatment of:
  - Muscle soreness Backache Headache
  - Strains Fatigue Whiplash    

Massage therapy is the systematic and scientific manipulation of the body’s soft tissues to produce therapeutic effects in muscular, circulatory and nervous systems. Therapeutic massage is a useful and integral part of the healing process.

Massage is the oldest medicine known to humanity. The Egyptians had a twelve energy massage system, the bible speaks of the "laying on of hands", the ancient Chinese practiced acupressure, the Native American medicine people practiced massage to calm or energize organ function in the body. Aeuverdic medicine asks us to perform a full body self-massage every day. Modern massage combines ancient knowledge with the modern sciences of anatomy, physiology,kinesiology and pathology.

Types of Massage

Swedish massage is the most common western style of massage. Basic strokes are used with oil on skin in combination, to manipulate soft tissue.

Deep tissue massage is a deeper massage working more on the inner structure of the muscle and its attachments. This is very useful in the rehabilitation of muscle strains and tears.

Myofascial release works to break up tensions in the external structures around and between connective tissue. myofascial releases are often prescribed by doctors or physical therapists after injuries.

Injury evaluation and rehabilitation helps locate the exact site and extent of the injury and specifically works to rebuild the injured area or structure.

Neuromuscular therapy or reeducation assists in allowing muscles and their nervous connections to work more freely and efficiently creating more range of motion and freer movement. Using stretches and assisted exercise helps in creating better use of your body.

Chinese acupressure employs the five element meridian theory of body energy, using finger pressure to energize organ or muscle function. Balancing body systems and reviving the Chi (Ki) are both very important. The arts of Jin Shin Do and T’ui-na are used to accomplish these tasks.

Sports massage is designed for more specific use with athletes to improve performance, decrease recovery time, and assist in warm up and cool down. The needs of athletes are very specific and are addressed in this special application of massage and assisted stretching.

Each massage is designed for the individual client’s needs and wants.

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