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Massage & Bodywork
Depending on your needs, a session may include work on your whole body or focus on a certain area. You may need a specific injury area addressed, you may need to unwind from your busy lifestyle, or you may need to be invigorated to face the day. Whatever your needs may be, my goal is to help you restore balance in your body-mind-spirit.
- Deep tissue/Therapeutic
- Relaxation/Stress Relief
- Neuromuscular Therapy
- Emotional balancing/energy work
- Hot Stone Massage
- Injury/ Post-Op recovery
| "Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80-and-90 percent of the ailments that bring people to family-practice physicians. What they require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care. That does not exist in modern medicine.
One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don't touch their patients any more. Touch just isn't there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage. Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians. They're writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they're doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more.
I believe massage therapy is absolutely key in the healing process not only in the hospital environment but because it relieves stress, it is obviously foundational in the healing process any time and anywhere."
Joan Borysenko - Massage Journal Interview, Fall 1999
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Benefits of Massage Therapy
Physical Benefits of Therapeutic Massage
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Helps relieve stress and aids relaxation |
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Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness |
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Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy |
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Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments; reduces pain and swelling; reduces formation of excessive scar tissue |
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Reduces muscle spasms |
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Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion |
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Enhances athletic performance; Treats injuries caused during sport or work |
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Promotes deeper and easier breathing |
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Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids |
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Reduces blood pressure |
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Helps relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eye-strain |
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Enhances the health and nourishment of skin |
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Improves posture |
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Strengthens the immune system |
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Treats musculoskeletal problems |
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Rehabilitation post operative |
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Rehabilitation after injury |
(Source: AMTA)
Mental Benefits of Massage Therapy
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Fosters peace of mind |
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Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness |
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Helps relieve mental stress |
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Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately |
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Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity |
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Emotional Benefits |
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Satisfies needs for caring nurturing touch |
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Fosters a feeling of well-being |
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Reduces levels of anxiety |
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Creates body awareness |
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Increases awareness of mind-body connection |
Links to more info regarding the benefits of massage therapy. www.massagetherapy.com/learnmore/benefits.php
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