Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Facilitates Healing on Many Levels

Relieve Muscular Pain
If you are in pain, focused bodywork techniques bring relief while facilitating your body's natural healing process. Soft tissue pain has many possible causes including specific injury, post-surgical syndromes, incorrect posture, repetitive movement, lack of exercise and stretching, overuse, improper diet, energy imbalances, or the built-in stresses of life. We will help identify the cause of your pain, work with you to reduce muscle contraction to improve your posture and movement patterns, and suggest proper exercise and nutrition to support healing.

Common pain conditions that can be effectively treated with massage therapy include:

  • Headache
  • Backache
  • Stiff neck
  • Tight shoulders
  • Tendinitis-such as tennis elbow
  • TMJ pain
  • Knee pain
  • Foot pain
  • Hand pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Arthritis
  • Repetitive strain injury--such as carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Athletic injuries such as sprains and strains

Reduce Stress, Restore Energy, Maintain Wellbeing
Massage is very effective in reducing the negative effects of stress. The nurturing touch of full body massage calms and lefts the body and mind, supports the immune system, increases energy and vitality, and allows for clearer thinking. Regular massage therapy reduces the likelihood of injury and illness and can relieve symptoms in conditions that are aggravated by anxiety, such as asthma and insomnia.

Support Athletic Training
Many physically active individuals rely on massage therapy as an important part of their health and fitness routine. Before a competitive event or a hard workout massage can warm and energize your muscles and clear contractions to optimize muscle function, improve performance and help avoid injuries. After any strenuous activity that leaves you feeling stiff and sore, massage will speed your recovery by bringing blood and oxygen into the muscles and flushing out metabolic wastes. When injuries do occur massage can help the healing process by reducing swelling and increasing circulation to bring in nutrients needed for healing.

Restore Balance to Foster Healing
The ancient oriental healing arts restore and maintain the balance of yin and yang in the body, restore qi and blood circulation, and harmonize the organ's functions. This energetic balancing enhances the body's resistance to infections such as colds, flu and bronchitis and helps the body resolve many physical, mental and emotional symptoms.