Before every massage session, I take the time to evaluate your needs, answer any questions or concerns you might have and discuss my plan of action.
Massage can enhance healing of the mind and body and also relieve the stress that is part of everyday living or from an injury.
Benefits of massage:
- Alleviate stiffness and pain
- Stretch and exercise weak or tight muscles
- Improve range of motion
- Provide stress relief
- Help manage anxiety and depression
- Hasten recover from sports-related injuries
- Increase flexibility of joints
- Help control blood pressure
- Improve circulation
- Relax overused and tired muscles
Massage can also complement your exercise regimen by helping your body recover more quickly from strenuous workouts.
Types of massage:
- Deep Tissue- Deep tissue massage is a type of massage therapy that focuses on
realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue.
- Sports Massage- is specifically designed for people who are involved
in physical activity. But you don't have to be a professional athlete to
have one-it's also used by people who are active and work out often.
The focus isn't on relaxation but on preventing and treating injury and
enhancing athletic performance.
- Deep/Sports Massage/Stretching- stretches are done in the beginning of the massage to evaluate tight muscles and relieve tension in the body. The muscles stretched are the hamstrings, quads, hips, glutes, back, chest and hands.
- Swedish Massage- use long, smooth strokes, kneading and other movements focused on
superficial layers of muscle using massage oil or lotion.
- Ashiatsu- is deep, compression, long strokes done with
the massage therapist’s feet using the power of the legs and the weight
of the body to impact the deeper muscle layers as well as more
accessible surface tissues.
- Prenatal- massage specifically deigned for pregnant women
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